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Re: [OCLUG-Tech] does anyone still use "dump" for backups these days?

I've had some dvds (DVD+R or DVD-R types) report read errors when I went to check them after a couple of years. It seems
the physical media is not as stable as originally advertised.

JN

On 2018-02-25 02:03 PM, Rick Leir wrote:
> How are dvd's for archiving photos? I have been betting on them. They would not survive a fire, but they are compact so you can send a copy to a relative for safekeeping. I suspect that they would survive flooding. Maybe we will still have dvd drives in ten years! Otherwise we will have to copy the archives onto whatever new media comes up.
> Cheers -- Rick
>