[game_preservation] Preservation Media?

[Rachel "Sheepy" Donahue]

The difference between gold DVDs and DVDs which use other reflective  
layers (aluminum, silver, what have you) is that the less expensive  
materials are more prone to oxidation and decay over time, whereas gold  
doesn't rust. So yes, gold is more expensive.. but it's also shinier and  
will last longer in the long run, even if the protective layer is  
compromised. So they might be a bad buy in the short term.. but probably a  
good buy in the longer term, because they (might) require less frequent  
refreshing to keep your data safe.

On Sat, 14 Feb 2009 22:54:40 -0500, Devin Monnens <evilcowclone at gmail.com>  
wrote:


> Here is a quick article on choosing media to preserve data on. I agree  

> with

> the article on the +R vs -R format for DVDs, and that gold discs, while

> supposedly being better, are probably not that good of a buy considering  

> the

> other disc types are cheaper. However, I'm not quite sure where he's  

> coming

> from with his defense of Taio Yuden media. Of course, there are some

> drawbacks to DVD as archival, mainly that you can't store much on them  

> and

> their read/write speed is rather slow. This and the discs scratch easily.

>

> http://adterrasperaspera.com/blog/2006/10/30/how-to-choose-cddvd-archival-media

>

> What are you using for archival? I've been sticking to ye olde standard  

> Sony

> DVD+R, but that's because they go on sale regularly. I don't know if  

> they're

> any good, but I suspected they were better than most other brands. I've  

> been

> sticking to Seagate for hard drives after having them recommended to me  

> by a

> data recovery company.

>

> -Devin

>




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