Fabian (WobIntosh)6d ago
AVAV Systems

Todays Advice from Archive Andy

Check your DVD-Rs**

Don’t leave em laying about in random places

This is the only copy of a Wedding Video. Or, it was the only copy. Its got severe Disc Rot. Might be hard to see but it’s gone dark & is now unplayable

*also +R, -RW, +RW
Get the data off quick

@obsoletemediauk

Jun 18 at 1:32pmWeb
Show threadDorothea Salo6d ago
@avavsystems 😭
Show threadRedTechEngineer6d ago
@avavsystems just out of curiosity, do you see much issues with inorganic layer discs? Like with verbatim ultralife?
Show threadfeliks6d ago
@avavsystems @obsoletemediauk do you have any tips for long term storage? tape?
Show threadAVAV Systems6d ago
@feliks @obsoletemediauk I think the answer now is multiple Hard Drives & cycle them up regularly
Show threadThomas Beagle6d ago

@avavsystems @obsoletemediauk Today's advice from me: there is no good form of archive storage. None.

Store any data you want to keep on modern live storage and migrate it to new systems as you upgrade.

Show threadburne6d ago

@avavsystems 3-2-1:

Three copies
Two different media (DVD, harddisk?)
One off-site copy

replace volatile media on a regular basis.

Usb-sticks have the worst life expectancy. DVD[-|+][R|RW] should last 10 years, if carefully stored. Harddisks are subject to mechanical wear, limiting their lifespan to 3-5 years.

Show threadAngela Scholder6d ago
@avavsystems @obsoletemediauk Yep.
Already years ago I copied probably all my earlier used writable CDs and DVDs to folders on a NAS or external disks.
Also advised other to copy and preserve data they have on writables.