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In terms of longevity MDisc is king (1k years estimate). How does tape compare to drives and ssds without power? and what kind of environment is required? Someo
by raws 7y ago
In terms of longevity MDisc is king (1k years estimate). How does tape compare to drives and ssds without power? and what kind of environment is required? Someone mentioned losing 5k$ worth of tapes to temperature hike.
- meshr 7y agoI can confirm that they are extremely unreliable compared with other hardware. There is also no support from vendors.
- Youden 7y agoMDisc is not king. Their DVDs were outperformed by competitors in a test done by the French National Archives [0]. Further, DVDs are effectively obsolete these days and MDisc's Blu-Rays have no scientific studies backing their claims to longevity compared to competitors like the DVDs did. One of their largest advantages relative to DVDs is completely gone in Blu-Rays as well: The inorganic dyes and recording layer (these are now standard for essentially all BD-Rs). [0]: https://www.lne.fr/sites/default/files/inline-files/syylex-glass-dvd-accelerated-aging-report.pdf https://www.lne.fr/sites/default/files/inline-files/syylex-g... and full test and results in French: https://francearchives.fr/file/de7f8ea96ceb4ce38eb6d9278b3df49260752449/static_2140.pdf https://francearchives.fr/file/de7f8ea96ceb4ce38eb6d9278b3df...