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Long storage life curiosity (lemm.ee)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hey guys, I just had a curiosity on the multiple ways of storaging stuff and how long would that hold, take backing it up to a newer storage after some years out of the table.

So how did this come in my mind, I was just reminiscing about how I used to play games with inserting a CD or Cartridge onto the device and how I miss that flavour.

I would like to do it again, I already like having my games dependancy free (praise mr goldmountain), and I am saving up some money to spend on hoarding possibilities. I would like to know what would have the longest storage life, would burning games into bluray discs be too unhinged or is something I am missing?

Thanks in advance in helping me out witht his brainstorm.

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (14 children)

Discs aren't very suitable for long term storage. Really the only thing truly suited for long term storage of digital media is archival tape. Which isn't cheap or accessible. The only accessible solution is to keep it alive in a raid and keep rebuilding as disks fail over the years.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (13 children)

Discs aren’t very suitable for long term storage.

M-DISC may well be a good option for long term storage.

M-DISC's design is intended to provide archival media longevity. M-Disc claims that properly stored M-DISC DVD recordings will last up to 1000 years

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Might be an option, but I bet these things aren't cheap.

I still backup on DVDs, make multiple copies so one doesn't go bad. In adition, I also have a storage, so I think I'm good.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Get Blu Ray discs from a reputable brand (Verbatim, Sony). They were designed to be a lot more resilient than DVDs. Nothing wrong with DVDs either btw, if the smaller size doesn't bother you, just make sure they're stored properly either way.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

BR discs are still very expensive and will most probably be for a very long time. So are the BR drives. That's why I still use DVDs.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Over here a 25 GB BD-R is about 60 cents USD and a 4.7 GB DVD-R is 30 cents so it makes sense to use Blu Ray.

BR drives are more expensive than DVD drives, true, but I consider it a good investment.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Here, 25GB BR is about $4. DVDs are about $0.20.

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