Wouldn't DVD be a pretty good solution for this? Perhaps they won't be 
around in 10 years, but I'd count that you could find a working reader. 
At that point you could read the data off and write it to whatever the 
latest, most long-term media happens to be.

Certainly better than hard drives as far as interface and longevity.

Dave

On 3/24/2010 1:09 PM, Marcio Vogel Merlone dos Santos wrote:
>
> What is the best strategy and storage media for long-term backups, say
> to 10 or 20 years (if any)? I ask because I do have an old DLT tape
> drive and some tapes, unusable, because its SCSI controller is no longer
> among us. It is not 10 years old and is already a problem.
>
>    


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