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Re: Backup media - double-layer DVD



On Wed, 02 Feb 2011 13:44:43 -0500, Chris Jones wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 02, 2011 at 11:18:06AM EST, Camaleón wrote:
>> On Wed, 02 Feb 2011 11:07:11 -0500, Chris Jones wrote:
>> 
>> (...)
> 
>> > Do some of you people still use DVD's as an external medium for
>> > backups..?
> 
>> I prefer to store data in hard disks, but DVD-RAM (DL) could be worth a
>> try in the event I'd look for an "optical" backup solution.
> 
> hwinfo has storage.cdrom.dvdram=true.. which looks promising..
> 
> Doesn't say anything about double-layer.. or are they dual-sided?

Hum, OSTA calls them "double-sided" ;-P

http://www.osta.org/technology/dvdqa/dvdqa6.htm

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón


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