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Whats the best way to archive data long term while on a budget ? (lemmings.world)

submitted 1 year ago by gunpachi@lemmings.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I just need to preserve some old data that I have on my computers, so I was wondering what would be the best way to archive stuff long term.

Blu-ray disks ? Multiple HDDs ? What do you guys suggest ?

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[–] afunkysongaday@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-DISC

[–] taladar@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Generally speaking obscure formats are not great for long term storage for your chances to read it again years later.

[–] afunkysongaday@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can read those with a regular blu ray drive. No special hard- or software needed.

[–] taladar@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

By the time blu ray started becoming popular optical media were basically dead already as a data storage medium so those aren't particular common either.

[–] Atemu@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The only reason blu ray still exists is that you can't buy (as in: own) movies in a high quality format otherwise.

If the publishers got the sticks out of their arses and offered file downloads for purchase, I wouldn't see a single reason to buy a physical disk other than sentimentalism.

[–] taladar@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

And that is movie blu ray, data blu ray formats never really got off the ground.

[–] riquisimo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Are those... cheap? They don't look cheap.

[–] foofiepie@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

About £90 for 4 discs, and £30 for the writer, gets you 400Gb storage.

[–] MrsDoyle@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I bought a (nearly) 1Tb thumb drive for £10 last week and copied all my music onto it. I’m thinking of getting a few more for docs and other media and leaving them in my keysafe.

[–] Extrasvhx9he 1 points 1 year ago

Nope