I'm looking for a trustful method for offline (external) storage. I used to save stuff in 4 GB DVDs because they are cheap, although have very small storage limit for nowadays standards.
If I go for external HDDs, I'll probably have to buy a NAS or something, so I'm considering go for DVDs again. Are they considered reasonably trustful?
Any suggestions, considering I'm look for a not very expensive solution?
3 Comments
zShxck@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 3y
If i remember correctly HDDs have a lifespan of about 50 years, while SSDs only 10. So I'd suggest you to buy an HDD
ccunix@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 3y
If you all you care about is TB/$ you still cannot beat tape as long as you are using enough tapes.
It really depends how much you are talking about
ulu_mulu@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
Traditional internal HDDs are the most reliable, on top of being cheap, you can put them in USB external boxes and use them only when you need to do backups.
A NAS is overkill if you don't have tons of data.