[Gllug] Long-term storage of digital photographs

[John Hearns]

On Tue, 2005-07-19 at 08:05 +0100, John Winters wrote:

> What would the team recommend as a medium for long-term archiving of
> digital photographs?  I would like to be able to go back at least 20
> years (like you can with shoe-boxes full of conventional photographs and
> negatives) and embarrass my children in front of their spice/children.
> Do CD-Rs and DVD-Rs have proven data life?
I'm sure they do.

Also, as I've said on this list before, think about the lifetime of the
devices you need to read the media.
When was the last time you saw a round tape drive?

This is a real problem, and Lord help me for raising this, but with the
recent fuss about retention of email and mobile phone records is very
relevant. (Yes, I know retention for six months is different).
In the medical arena, it might surprise you that records only have to be
kept for ten years (AFAIK - this could have changed). For children,
until they pass 18 years of age.


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