Re: Long term database archival - Mailing list pgsql-general

> I think that that's the answer, put the whole OS and db on a
> bootable cd or DVD.  In 20 years they'll surely be no
> problem running the whole thing from RAM so media access
> speed should not be an issue.

You are correct.  I thought that CD only had a shelf life of 5 to 10 years.   This is true for new
unrecorded discs.  But once they are recorded they are expected to last 70 to 200 years.

http://www.osta.org/technology/cdqa13.htm

Regards,

Richard Broersma Jr.