TheImpressiveX@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days agoAs Sony exits, Verbatim doubles down on optical media — stable supply of discs is a "top priority" despite shrinking marketwww.techspot.comexternal-linkmessage-square82fedilinkarrow-up1540arrow-down14cross-posted to: datahoarder@lemmit.onlinegadgets@lemmit.online
arrow-up1536arrow-down1external-linkAs Sony exits, Verbatim doubles down on optical media — stable supply of discs is a "top priority" despite shrinking marketwww.techspot.comTheImpressiveX@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days agomessage-square82fedilinkcross-posted to: datahoarder@lemmit.onlinegadgets@lemmit.online
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·12 days agoThe fuck are you backing up that you have 20tb of?
minus-squaremostlikelyaperson@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·12 days agoAlso I feel like at that point you might as well go tape rather than fiddle around with 40 Blu-rays.
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·12 days agoI mean, tapes just don’t have the same longetivity as an archive grade optical disc, but it’s probably fine for your collection of porn and pirated movies.
minus-squaremostlikelyaperson@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·12 days agoNot wrong, but 30 years are probably good enough for most backup cases
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·12 days agoMost likely. Things like photos you want to live forever though, you never know what people will be interested in in the future.
minus-squarefmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·12 days agoPhotographer, videographer mostly, buy also data hoarder, etc. I still have all my pre-AOL data, too.
The fuck are you backing up that you have 20tb of?
Also I feel like at that point you might as well go tape rather than fiddle around with 40 Blu-rays.
I mean, tapes just don’t have the same longetivity as an archive grade optical disc, but it’s probably fine for your collection of porn and pirated movies.
Not wrong, but 30 years are probably good enough for most backup cases
Most likely. Things like photos you want to live forever though, you never know what people will be interested in in the future.
Photographer, videographer mostly, buy also data hoarder, etc. I still have all my pre-AOL data, too.