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floo@retrolemmy.com 3 months ago
How much better medium would be tape back up, or possibly Blu-ray discs. Either one would last a lot longer than a hard drive.
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floo@retrolemmy.com 3 months ago
How much better medium would be tape back up, or possibly Blu-ray discs. Either one would last a lot longer than a hard drive.
dysprosium@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 months ago
A so-called M-disk is rated for 1000 years. Artificial lab tests could at least ‘confirm’ a few hundred years. Amazing shit.
Add encryption to it, keep the keys safe (perhaps on another M-disk) and you’re set!
floo@retrolemmy.com 3 months ago
Those are used by US government agencies, such as the department of defense for archival purposes. They are rated for 100+ years.
dysprosium@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 months ago
Wut? They’re not extremely expensive, and they commonly have blue-ray capacity, so 50 GB