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The only indication they give in the link to a time frame of storage is "Many Years" ...so how long should a cd/dvd disk last with proper storage?What c0rr0sive is talking about is Bit Rot, a.k.a. Data Decay: Data degradation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia and Disc Rot: Disc rot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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did some of my own googling, and results tend to be all over the place, from 5 years to as long as 100 years (as per manufactures specs). Most of what I researched tends to show the temperature, humidity and manufacturing quality play the most important roles in disk storage. The consensus I'm seeing is that under normal conditions and proper handling, 30 years can be expected
Few, if any, life expectancy reports for these discs have been published by independent laboratories. An accelerated aging study at NIST estimated the life expectancy of one type of DVD-R for authoring disc to be 30 years if stored at 25°C (77°F) and 50% relative humidity. This testing for R discs is in the preliminary stages, and much more needs to be done.
I will have to agree that hard drives might be the best type of long term storage but hard drives are prone to fail at any given time too
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