Posted on 03/10/2014 8:54:35 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Sony Corporation and Panasonic today announced that they have formulated "Archival Disc", a new standard for professional-use, next-generation optical discs, with the objective of expanding the market for long-term digital data storage. Optical discs have excellent properties to protect themselves against the environment, such as dust-resistance and water-resistance, and can also withstand changes in temperature and humidity when stored.
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They are just announcing this? That seems small for someone who wants a lot of movies. My computer HD is 2TB and I got that last year!
Sorry, misread that. Missed optical discs.
Not sure I would trust them over time however, as they can warp, get scratched, crack fairly easily etc.
For archiving important docs, I buy 64GB flash drives and put them in baggies in a safe to keep the moisture out. And because they are relatively inexpensive, one can do this multiple times so if there is one failure, you have another copy.
fyi
I’m still working on printing the internet.
/johnny
Store your flash drive in an anti-static bag and place it in a fireproof safe.
You should have used FIT TO 1 PAGE. BTW, Tray 1 is empty again.
For archiving important docs, I buy 64GB flash drives and put them in baggies in a safe to keep the moisture out. And because they are relatively inexpensive, one can do this multiple times so if there is one failure, you have another copy.
You do understand that when you program flash, you're essentially charging a capacitor, right? And that, like all capacitors, the charge in flash leaks off?
Last time I looked into it, flash was only rated to hold its charge for about 10 years.
Flash drives, especially with USB3 are also MUCH faster.
Optical media is all but obsolete, IMO.
Requires a stronger laser burner to affect the metal in the disc.
Capacity is at DVD level.
The soundest archiving strategy is to make multiple copies of everything and copy them onto the new generation of media as the old one starts to fade out.
In 10 years, you would probably have a difficult time finding a device that's physically compatible with anything we are using to store data on today.(if history is any indicator) Of course, USB and CD type drives have stuck with us for a long time now, so I could be wrong. You'd probably be challenged to now find a new machine with IDE connections.
I just use Crashplan for offsite backup.
ENGRAVE TODAY, STORE FOR A LIFETIME
WHY YOU NEED TO USE THE LG M-READY DRIVE
The announcement, made at the Storage Visions Conference in Las Vegas, NE marks a step forward in permanent data storage solutions for businesses and consumers by making the M-DISC available in all the standard optical disc formats.
The other advance in the growing worldwide acceptance of the M-DISC DVD and the forthcoming Blu-ray M-DISC is the marketing and distribution partnership with Imation Corp. announced at the Storage Visions Conference. Millenniata and Imation have agreed to co-brand and distribute both the M-DISC and Blu-ray M-DISC under Imation's TDK, Memorex and Imation brands.
Ritek Corporation, manufacturer of optical storage media, will produce the new Blu-ray M-DISC as part of its manufacturing agreement with Millenniata. In addition, Ritek has signed a license agreement with Millenniata to distribute and co-brand both the DVD and Blu-ray M-DISCs through its established distribution and reseller channel as a secondary distribution channel for the M-DISC products behind Imation.
The new Blu-ray M-DISCs will be writable and readable on any Blu-ray combo drive - a step for Millenniata and the convenience of this permanent storage technology. The Blu-ray M-DISCs will also offer at least five times the amount of storage as the standard 4.7GB M-DISC.
"This is very exciting news for us and the entire permanent data storage industry," said Paul Brockbank, Millenniata president and CEO. "The new Blu-ray M-DISCs will not only open the doors to more storage space, but also allow users to employ our optical discs with virtually any Blu-ray drive."
Millenniata produces the M-DISC, which provides data loss prevention by laser etching data (files, photos, videos, etc.) into an inorganic rock-like material that is not available from any other recordable media.
A recent study performed by the U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division at China Lake, CA tested five brands of archival-quality DVD discs, including the Millenniata M-DISC for data longevity and reliability. The test found that M-DISC was the only solution that suffered no degradation or data loss under the harsh testing environments. All other discs tested failed.
Currently, only M-DISC compatible drives can write to the DVD version of M-DISC, but it can be read in any DVD drive. Millenniata partner LG Electronics offers an affordable M-Ready optical drive for customers who want the peace of mind of having their important information stored forever.
Additionally, Acer, Inc. is now offering a permanent storage solution to its global customers with the integration of M-DISC compatible Hitachi LG Data Storage (HLDS) DVD and Blu-ray optical drives in Acer computers.
The M-DISC Ready drives are available on the recently launched M series of notebooks under Acer's Aspire range. Hitachi-LG Data Storage, Inc. (HLDS) manufactures the M-DISC compatible drives in partnership with Millenniata.
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