https://qanda.digipres.org/tag/lifetime Powered by Question2Answer https://qanda.digipres.org/1/comparative-lifetimes-of-digital-media <p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-family: Lato, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"> I'm looking for a collection of the most reputable sources on the lifetime of various types of media (hard drives, optical discs, magnetic tape, flash memory).</p> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-family: Lato, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"> The ultimate question would be, what type of media is currently the best option for long-term storage?</p> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-family: Lato, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"> (copied in from <a href="http://anjackson.github.io/zombse/032013%20Digital%20Preservation/static/questions/5.html" rel="nofollow">ZDPSE</a>, along with some comments and an answer to see what it looks like)</p> https://qanda.digipres.org/1/comparative-lifetimes-of-digital-media Sun, 01 Dec 2013 07:24:59 +0000