Hi,

poor reliability and transportability...
It's why, i systematiquely add parity files to my data. Have a look to
http://genpar2.free.fr and its forum.
http://genpar2.free.fr/phpBB2/index.php (starting forum... you can use
english.)
genpar2 computes par2 files to every directories, and can do the computation
from CD and DVD.
You are able to do raid5 with DVD... but manualy!

JMP

Dan G wrote:
|| No optical media is 100% reliable for "long tem storage". the jury
|| is still out on DVD, but I strongly suspect that in a year or 2
|| we'll start seeing lots of reports from people who have seen discs
|| fail in storage. Just like CDR's if they are burned poorly, or are
|| of poor quality, they will not last. Add to that the fact that the
|| margin for error on a DVD is much smaller than CDR, and you have a
|| picture that is not too hopeful.
|| As always, if your data is critical, make multiple copies and always
|| have a "plan B".
||
||
|| "David Mittnacht" wrote in message
|| ...
||| I'm thinking of getting a DVD writer, mostly because I can backup
||| lots more data on one disc. But I'm curious, is there any
||| information on which medium is more reliable for long-term storage?
|||
||| Regards,
|||
||| Dave