Re: 46 gigabytes

From: Eric Lease Morgan <emorgan_at_nyob>
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2016 13:54:03 -0500
To: CODE4LIB_at_LISTS.CLIR.ORG
On Dec 13, 2016, at 1:50 PM, Craig Dietrich <craigdietrich_at_GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> Keep in mind that the lifespan of the emulsion on writable CDs and DVDs is
> far less than the read/write lifespan of the bits in a SSD.


Interesting. I never intended to use things like CD’s nor DVD’s as real long-term storage mediums, since I always planned on migrating forward, but Craig, please elaborate. Please tell us more about the lifespan of bits on an SSD card. I don’t know about such things. —Eric M.
Received on Tue Dec 13 2016 - 13:55:09 EST