NBN ISO/IEC 16963:2021

Information technology — Digitally recorded media for information interchange and storage — Test method for the estimation of lifetime of optical disks for long-term data storage (ISO/IEC 16963:2017)

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About this standard

Languages
English
Type
NBN
Standards committee
AGORIA-ICT/J00123
Status
ACTIVE
Publication date
20 May 2021
ICS Code
35.220.30 (Optical storage devices)
Withdrawn Date

About this training

Summary

This document specifies an accelerated ageing test method for estimating the lifetime of the
retrievability of information stored on recordable or rewritable optical disks.
The method is based on the theoretical assumption that the lifetime of data recorded on an optical disk
has a lognormal distribution.
Detailed testing is specified for the following formats: DVD-R/ RW/ RAM disks, +R/ +RW disks, CD-R/
RW disks and BD recordable/ rewritable disks. The testing can be applied to additional optical-disk
formats with substitution of the appropriate specifications and can also be updated by the committee
in the future as required.
This document includes:
— stress conditions:
— Basic and Rigorous stress-conditions for testing and subsequent analysis using both the Eyring
and Arrhenius methods
— ambient storage conditions in which the lifetime of data stored on optical disk is estimated:
— a Controlled storage-condition, Temp = 25 °C and RH = 50 %, representing full-time air
conditioning. The Eyring method is used to estimate the lifetime under this storage condition
— a Harsh storage-condition, Temp = 30 °C and RH = 80 %, representing the most severe conditions
in which users handle and store optical disks. The Arrhenius method is used to estimate the
lifetime under this storage condition
— a description of the evaluation system
— procedures for specimen preparation and data acquisition
— definitions and methods used in testing specific disk types
— analysis of test results to determine the lifetime of stored data
— a format for reporting the estimated lifetime of stored data.
The methodology includes only the effects of temperature and relative humidity. It does not attempt
to model degradation due to complex failure mechanism kinetics, nor does it test for exposure to light,
corrosive gases, contaminants, handling, or variations in playback subsystems. Disks exposed to these
additional sources of stress or higher levels of temperature and relative humidity are expected to
experience shorter usable lifetime.