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This is a return response from a coworker who is not on the list-
lifespan/conservation info is included at the end-
best-
Cheryl
Hey there,
actually, the question is positively absolutely a no-brainer. Zip
discs at best make for risky short-term storage. They corrupt
extremely fast. CD-Rom's are a little bit more of a hassle as far as
backing up is concerned, since you will always have to collect files
to fill up a whole CD and then burn the thing in one time consuming
step (for 4x, about 24 minutes), but they repay by being extremely
reliable. They also repay by being a lot cheaper than Zips - Ricoh
Platinum CD Rom's with a guaranteed lifespan of 200 years cost about
$1.25 - you get a lot of storage (650MB) for your buck. Except for
tape storage (slow, hard to access) there is no real alternative to
CD-Rom at this point.
Guenter
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