This page provides a 'road map' to information on how to store data for the long
term on CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray media.
Longevity
Expected Lifetime:
MAM-A Gold Archive CD-R: 329 years
MAM-A Gold Archive DVD+/-R: 116 years
Longest lifetime of any optical media.
MAM CD-R Superior Performance
The Light Fastness Test (upper left) shows that MAM Gold will withstand the full
spectrum of light, same as the sun, for 100 continuous hours without damage.
Our competitors' discs, with cyanine dye, begin to deteriorate after
only 20 hours and fails at 65 hours. The results are similar when discs are subjected
to high heat and humidity (upper right).
Using data from tests like these, industry standard guidelines predict
that MAM Gold CD-R will last greater than 100 years! (In fact, if you extend the
chart [lower right], the data predicts a lifetime of up to 300 years before failing
at the Orange Book limit of 220 CPS)
All MAM CD-R discs are manufactured with our patented Phthalocyanine Dye (thalo-sy-a-neen)
providing the longest lived recordable media available.
Links to NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology)
Stability Comparison of Recordable Optical Discs (PDF)
http://nvl.nist.gov/pub/nistpubs/jres/109/5/j95sla.pdf
http://www.itl.nist.gov/iad/894.05/docs/disccare.html