Comment on What do people use for a shelf-stable backup

jqubed@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Dave@lemmy.nz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Thanks, I think the risk here is that there may not be hardware to read it.

  From the suggestions here I’m thinking a hard drive with USB connection would be best. It won’t last 50 years but instead I’d replace it every 5 years or so. I’d use an error resistant file system and plug it in each year to add the new files.

  This way I also get the chance to move it to newer technology in future instead of a new hard drive. It would then only need to survive for some period of time after I last replaced it, so there’s a good chance of it remaining readable for most of my life.

  source

  • 486@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Thanks, I think the risk here is that there may not be hardware to read it.

    M-Disc DVDs are readable by ordinary DVD drives. So you could simply put a USB DVD drive alongside those backup M-Discs on the shelf.

    source

    • Dave@lemmy.nz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yeah that’s an idea. It does seem like I’d need a lot of disks though. And I don’t actually have a disk reader or writer at all at the moment.

      source

      • philpo@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        You need a designated M Disc capable burner,yes. There are a few on the market though - they cost around 100-150 bucks usually.(In theory you can use a regular writer sometimes - I know people who do that,but why risk that?) I usually recommend the verbatim to my clients,they are dirt cheap and work flawlessly so far.

        For reading the discs any regular data-capabale blue ray disk drive will do.

        source

        • -> View More Comments