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

submitted 10 months 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 10 months ago (10 children)

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

[–] riquisimo@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] Extrasvhx9he@lemmy.today 1 points 10 months ago

Nope

[–] foofiepie@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] MrsDoyle@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months 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.

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