Comment on What do people use for a shelf-stable backup
486@lemmy.world 2 weeks agoThanks, 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.
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.
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.
Dave@lemmy.nz 1 week ago
Like this? pbtech.co.nz/…/Verbatim-43888-External-Slim-Blura…
That’s NZD by the way, conversion rates are terrible at the moment so about halve it for USD, seems in the price range you said.
philpo@feddit.org 1 week ago
Ah, a Kiwi. Say hello to your sheep’s from me. (Sorry,former WA resident here, couldn’t resist)
But yeah, we are using exactly that model - and it’s currently only 20 NZD less from what I pay wholesale in Europe for it. So it seems like a pretty decent price.
The drive itself is solid. We currently have around 10, maybe 15, at our clients and it works without any hassle.
I personally recommend to store the disk’s offsite(I store them in a locked box in a bank vault) and some of my clients choose to store another drive there to be extra safe,but I personally don’t see the point.