>>>>> On Wed, 06 May 2009 12:16:49 -0600, alexander AT nautae.eti DOT br said:

>> DVDs are likely less reliable than any form of external disk.

a> Are you sure about that?

a> I'm not using DVD-RW, just DVD-R.

Ah, I didn't realize that.  I had been assuming that you were rewriting
existing disks.

DVD-R's are much better for longevity (I believe) than DVD-RWs.  That
being said, the recently shown life expectancy of a DVD-R is somewhere
on the order of 5 years.  [Though I don't know what percentage of failure
they're using to define that timing mark]

You might consider re-reading the disk, at least, immediately after
burning and comparing the checksum of the volume to the checksum written
to the disk to ensure their the same.  That'd provide a lot more confidence.

a> DVDs are made to mass data distribution. USB data sticks are made just
a> to move data from a place to another.

Well, I was assuming a hard drive and not a USB stick.

In theory, I'd actually trust solid state drives better (like USB
drives) more than disks or DVDs because there are less moving parts.
-- 
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 and much more difficult to find."  -- Terry Pratchett

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