On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 2:47 PM Samuel Sieb <samuel(a)sieb.net> wrote:
That is true, but there is also a reasonable chance or losing them,
breaking them, or other random failures. When a flash drive dies, it's
gone, very difficult to recover if even possible. I would not recommend
a flash drive (or DVD) alone for long-term storage.
All CD and DVD consumer burnable (R or RW) are not suitable for long
term storage. The dyes used are not gonna very long, maybe a few
years. If they're kept in the dark at stable temperature, I'd be
surprised if they lasted 5 years. Bluray is a different story, and
with proper storage shows some promise of being readable for quite a
while, but you're gonna have to put a drive, cables, and a computer
into cold storage along with the discs so... good luck.
--
Chris Murphy