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Best choice for long term external storage? (lemmy.pt)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/hardware@lemmy.ml
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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?

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[–] 1 point 3 years 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

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    [–] 1 point 3 years ago*

    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

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