17 Dec
2010
17 Dec
'10
1:06 p.m.
On Fri, 2010-12-17 at 12:48 +0100, Arnold Krille wrote:
On Friday 17 December 2010 10:36:47 Philipp Überbacher
wrote:
Assumed the micro-film is stored air-conditioned and the paper isn't low
cost copy paper from the supermarket, that will moldered at least after
50 years, even if you'll store it air-conditioned.
For paper you need very expensive paper. Micro-film IMO is the better
choice, but anyway delicate if there should be an 'event' during
storage. Arnold from DE, remember the archive at Cologne ;).
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,611158,00.html
They could save documents for the moment, made of very good paper, but
anyway it's not sure that those documents can be saved for a long time,
after they get wet.
I guess it really depends on what you try to
achieve. Afaik the average
life-span of a HD is puny 2 years. From what I heard the magnetic tapes
used by for example ESA a long time ago have a life-span of 80 years. If
'store it good and forget' is what you're after then tape seems like a
good idea.
If you want long-time storage of information, the only thing that has proven
stable so far is (micro-)film or print to paper (with laser-printer). Its no use when the tape holds the information for 80
years when the drives
and connected hardware are obsolete and out-of-production after max of 20
years...
Have fun,
Arnold
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