Whats the best way to archive data long term while on a budget ? - eviltoast

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 ?

  • nottelling@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Guess it depends on how much you trust that Amazon is going to steal your data instead of doing the thing you’re paying them for, vs a house fire or media failure or whatever.

    There’s also pretty clear rules about unpaid bills, the data doesn’t just vaporize.

    This is what we call a “risk assessment”, and imo if I must have that data available long-term, then a single copy on DVDs in a closet isn’t good enough.