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?

  • zShxck@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    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

    • CmdrShepardEnglish
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      1 year ago

      HDDs also offer an order of magnitude more storage dollar for dollar. I personally buy WD Elements/Easy Store drives, pull them from their external enclosure, and install them in my PC as network storage. I have about 8 of them now with as much as 5 years of 24/7 power on hours and haven’t had any issues.