Long-term Digital Storage by Switching Storage Medium

Investigations on Color Microfilm as a Medium for Long-Term Storage of Digital Data

Digital data storage on microfilm is a promising alternative for long-term storage of digital data. Its estimated lifetime of up to 500 years and the availability of reading devices allow entirely new migration-free storage concepts. This paper presents investigations on the suitability of color microfilm as a medium for digital data storage being an alternative to conventional black-and-white ...

Alternatives for Long-Term Storage Of Digital Information

The most fundamental component of digital preservation is managing the digital objects in archival repositories. Preservation Repositories must archive digital objects and associated metadata on an affordable and reliable type of digital storage. There are many storage options available; each institution should evaluate the available storage options in order to determine which options are best ...

How Long Is Long-Term Data Storage?

In the context of archiving of physical documents, long-term storage has long been accepted to mean centuries. Digital documents are much more ephemeral, so archivists should be aware of the inherent limitations of the technologies available for preservation of digital data. This paper compiles the results of several studies on this subject, in addition to presenting new findings on what can be...

Short-Long-Term Memory Interaction with Underlearned Long-Term Storage.

POTSHARDS: Secure Long-Term Storage Without Encryption

Users are storing ever-increasing amounts of information digitally, driven by many factors including government regulations and the public’s desire to digitally record their personal histories. Unfortunately, many of the security mechanisms that modern systems rely upon, such as encryption, are poorly suited for storing data for indefinitely long periods of time—it is very difficult to manage k...