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> In terms of data archiving, SSDs are bad, HDDs are much better and suitable for most people, but tape drives are still the real archival medium. What do you
by ValentineC 7y ago
> In terms of data archiving, SSDs are bad, HDDs are much better and suitable for most people, but tape drives are still the real archival medium.
What do you think of optical media like BD-R?
I've heard that the inorganic substrate they use these days is decent for archival.
- ocdtrekkie 7y agoM Disc claims to sell DVD-R and BD-R discs that are good for a thousand years. Many modern disc burners support burning to M Discs already. They're a little pricey though. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-DISC https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-DISC
- numpad0 7y agoI’ve heard that too. Fairly normal ones right? 25GB/disc sounds cumbersome to handle though.