Re: [ARSCLIST] "Archival" DVD-R?

[Alexis Weatherl <alexisw@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Konrad,

Please elaborate on your testing methods.  I also have a masterlink and am
very interested in what programs or methods you are specifically using to
determine hard drive failure.

Thank you in advance,

Alexis Weatherl
University of Hawaii


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On Tue, 9 Aug 2005, Konrad Strauss wrote:

> on 8/9/05 8:54 AM, Jerry Hartke at jhartke@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > One key problem is that there are no standards for drives, only for media
> > quality. What determines whether a drive is acceptable or not, other than
> > complete loss of functionality?
>
> That's a great point and one many persons do not consider when burning
> archival discs.
>
> At IU we make our archival concert recordings to Masterlinks. We burn a test
> disc when the machine is new as a baseline, and then twice yearly test discs
> on each machine to monitor the status of the burners. We see a steady
> decline in burner performance, after about 18 months the E22 count begins to
> spike. At about 2 years we begin to see E32s. We replace the burners before
> this point. We burn a lot of discs - perhaps 500 per year on each machine,
> but the important point is that burners have a limited lifespan and need to
> be monitored on a regular basis.
>
> --
> Konrad Strauss
> Director of Recording Arts
> Associate Professor of Music
> Indiana University School of Music
> http://php.indiana.edu/~kstrauss
> http://www.music.indiana.edu/department/audio/
>