Re: Long term database archival

From: Richard Broersma Jr <rabroersma(at)yahoo(dot)com>
To: "Karl O(dot) Pinc" <kop(at)meme(dot)com>, Jan Wieck <JanWieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com>
Cc: "Florian G(dot) Pflug" <fgp(at)phlo(dot)org>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org, thm(at)duke(dot)edu
Subject: Re: Long term database archival
Date: 2006-07-12 15:37:40
Message-ID: 20060712153740.44069.qmail@web31805.mail.mud.yahoo.com
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> 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.

http://www.osta.org/technology/cdqa13.htm

Regards,

Richard Broersma Jr.

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