Re: Long term database archival

From: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Cc: Richard Broersma Jr <rabroersma(at)yahoo(dot)com>, "Karl O(dot) Pinc" <kop(at)meme(dot)com>, Jan Wieck <JanWieck(at)yahoo(dot)com>, "Florian G(dot) Pflug" <fgp(at)phlo(dot)org>, thm(at)duke(dot)edu
Subject: Re: Long term database archival
Date: 2006-07-12 16:30:17
Message-ID: 200607120930.18323.jd@commandprompt.com
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On Wednesday 12 July 2006 08:37, Richard Broersma Jr wrote:
> > I think that that's the answer, put the whole OS and db on a
> > bootable cd or DVD. In 20 years they'll surely be no
> > problem running the whole thing from RAM so media access
> > speed should not be an issue.
>
> You are correct. I thought that CD only had a shelf life of 5 to 10 years.
> This is true for new unrecorded discs. But once they are recorded they
> are expected to last 70 to 200 years.

And you can always make more then one copy... vacuum seal on, put it in the
freezer ;)

>
> http://www.osta.org/technology/cdqa13.htm
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Broersma Jr.
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