[cctalk] Re: long lived media (Was: Damage to CD-R from CD Sleeve

[Paul Koning via cctalk]

> On Jan 17, 2023, at 11:26 AM, Chris via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> 
> Why wouldbyou need a whole server? Several 2.5" usb hard drives is all you 
> meed.

But then you're dealing with stored media, and their shelf life.  USB hard 
drives may be ok so long as USB interfaces are available; if they are USB SSDs 
that's a different matter entirely.  Those would not be good for a decade on 
the shelf.

One advantage of setting up a server is that it's more obvious that something 
has failed.  If a disk on the shelf goes bad, you may not discover it for 
years, and by then the recovery may be quite hard.

        paul