--- In Dan Dugan <> wrote:
> Seems to me a properly-stored CD-R might be accessible longer than a
> hard drive. The hard drive interface is likely to be obsolete sooner,
> and the unused mechanism likely to get sticky.
Hard Drives are pretty durable as long as you don't store them in a super humid
environment. Inside and air-conditioned environment, they should last a very
long time. The interface, IDE or SATA of various speeds, will be around for a
long time and like all archival media, you may need to migrate data along with
progress.
> Can you point me to a source for that information?
It started here:
http://www.cd-info.com/CDIC/Technology/CD-R/Media/Longevity.html
A much more exhaustive analysis here:
http://www.audioholics.com/education/audio-formats-technology/cd-and-dvd-longevity-how-long-will-they-last
> What's the failure mode?
Dye layer failure I would suspect.
As for me, I use them, but I only trust them so far and have had them fail with
5-6 year old data.
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