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Gear / Technical Help => Recording Gear => Topic started by: darkfunk on January 11, 2006, 12:23:37 PM
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sorry if this has been covered in previous discussions...
came across this article on slashdot yesterday: an ibm physicist claims that magentic tape is superior to optical media for long term data storage because of the rapid degradation of even high-quality optical discs.
http://computerworld.com/hardwaretopics/storage/story/0,10801,107607,00.html (http://computerworld.com/hardwaretopics/storage/story/0,10801,107607,00.html)
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"Many of the cheap burnable CDs available at discount stores have a life span of around two years," Gerecke says. "Some of the better-quality discs offer a longer life span, of a maximum of five years."
Maximum of 5 years for better quality discs, huh? Let's see, it's now 2006 so therefore . . . the guy is full of shit.
Although if he were right it'd make a great class action against Kodak and others who've advertised 100 year rated discs.
I like this one too:
"If the hard drive uses an inexpensive disk bearing, that bearing will wear out faster than a more expensive one," he said. His recommendation: a hard-drive disk with 7,200 revolutions per minute."
What the hell do the rpms have to do with the quality of the bearings?