Archival storage

[Chuck Guzis]

On 10/9/2005 at 7:50 AM James Fogg wrote:

>Does anyone know if there are optical formats that can reliably deliver
>10 year shelf-life? How does one achieve it (different types of cd-r
>chemistry, using cd-rom, etc)?

(Mindless rambliing) Lawrence Livermore used to have some sort of photographic data storage unit that was pretty unique. I can't even remember the name of the thing, does any recall it?

(Back to topic) There are manufacturers of CD-R media who claim 100-300 year shelf life, a claim that's probably a bit overblown, but might be candidates for a 10 year life.

Mitsui is one of those making such a claim (I've always had great results with their media):

http://www.mediasupply.com/mtc80lsgos-100.html

They're not cheap, but they're better than the average "a whole bunch for nearly nothing"  stuff.

Cheers,
Chuck