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How to store digital files for posterity? (hundreds of years) (programming.dev)

submitted 7 months ago by anzo@programming.dev to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.eco.br/post/4492477

How to store digital files for posterity? (hundreds of years)

How to store digital files for posterity? (hundreds of years)

I have some family videos and audios and I want to physically save them for posterity so that it lasts for periods like 200 years and more. This allows great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren to have access.

From the research I did, I found that the longest-lasting way to physically store digital content is through CD-R gold discs, but it may only last 100 years. From what I researched, the average lifespan of HDs and SSDs is no more than 10 years.

I came to the conclusion that the only way to ensure that the files really pass from generation to generation is to record them on CDs and distribute them to the family, asking them to make copies from time to time.

It's crazy to think that if there were suddenly a mass extinction of the human species, intelligent beings arriving on Earth in 1000 years would probably not be able to access our digital content. While cave paintings would probably remain in the same place.

What is your opinion?

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[–] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 29 points 7 months ago (1 children)

As long as it has a USB-A port, I think it will be good. We can’t seem to kill that one. ;)

[–] ponchow8NC@lemmynsfw.com 8 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Kinda doubt that tbh think at most 15-20 years then we'll look at USB A like how we see serial today. We're still in the infancy stages of companies phasing it out even though it started like 8 years ago.

[–] Redjard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 7 months ago

you can physically wire A into C, it's the same protocol. This won't be broken like other adapters because neither device even knows about it

[–] Saganaki@lemmy.one 0 points 7 months ago

He was most certainly being sarcastic.