News Optical Discs Aren't Dead, as Pioneer's New Drive Doubles BD Write Speeds

[49studebaker]

What is your real backup plan? Online storage? Paper print out of binary code? WORM(Write One, Read Many) tape drive?

 

[USAFRet]

What is your real backup plan?

3-2-1
3 copies, on at least 2 different media, at least 1 offsite or otherwise unavailable.

If you entrust your data to a single device of any type, you are setting yourself up for fail.

 

[49studebaker]

What are your two media? A backup to SSD and M-disc seems like two good media choices. Many people use cloud storage(maybe this is your offsite backup option), but there is the risk hackers could access your cloud account and delete or encrypt your cloud data. If you use a security key and get malware in your web browser, hackers could do things after you have logged in. Large companies use tape drives for backup, but tape drives are expensive. Flash drives and memory cards are similar to SSD. HDD is mechanical and could seize up.

 

[USAFRet]

What are your two media?

Copy 1 on the PC
Copy 2 on the NAS
Copy 3 on the NAS, in another volume and set of drives
Copy 4, a large hard drive in a desk drawer at work, refreshed with new data every couple of months. That is my 'cloud'.

 

[49studebaker]

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Copy 1 on the PC
Copy 2 on the NAS
Copy 3 on the NAS, in another volume and set of drives
Copy 4, a large hard drive in a desk drawer at work, refreshed with new data every couple of months. That is my 'cloud'.

Couldn’t ransomware encrypt the data on your network attached storage and then encrypt data on your PC? Security software is not perfect.

 

[USAFRet]

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Couldn’t ransomware encrypt the data on your network attached storage and then encrypt data on your PC? Security software is not perfect.

That is what the offline copy 4 is for.

Somewhat changed since I wrote this, but the basics...

What is your backup situation at home?

What is your backup situation at home? And if you don't do that, why not? Every single day, I read multiple threads here of "How do I get my stuff back?" or "That drive had 5 years of photos of my kids!!" Be it a dead drive, dropped phone, virus, accidental deletion, formatting the wrong...

forums.tomshardware.com

 

[soundtrek]

SSDs are cheaper, faster, and offer much more compatibility than user writable optical media, which is hard to find in good quality these days.

That's hardly the point for those with vast BD movie collections and who continue to enjoy the versatility of VLC and JRiver players. They have features even >> $7K BD players don't, like zoom, slow motion and region free access, plus 4K and DTS-MA surround sound support. https://forum.videolan.org/ https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php

But there's still lots of brands who make BD desktop and external drives; hopefully Pioneer will remain one of them.