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?
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
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.
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