<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>The m-disk reads like a Cd/DVD/Blu-ray but the data doesn't degrade. It's extrapolated lifetime is 1000 years based on Navy stress testing.<br></div>It's only for archival storage. Uses a special burner (that doesn't cost but maybe a few dollars more than a normal one) to write the disks. Any reader can read them.<br>
<br></div>Typical lifetime of a spinning disk (in use) is 5-8 years (for enterprise grade, 24-7 on line). Tape's can last 20-30 years with proper storage (LTO6 2.5TB is rated for 30 years with proper storage and costs $60/tape - the drive is $4k)<br>
<br></div>The mdisk is a specialty archival media. Think financial records, tax records, family records, etc. or 42 thousand pictures of your cats per blu-ray disk :-)<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 3:06 PM, JD <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jdp@algoloma.com" target="_blank">jdp@algoloma.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="">On 08/13/2014 10:25 AM, Jim Kinney wrote:<br>
> M-Disc Bluray Recordable Media 25 GB Branded (25 Disc Pack) $130<br>
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</div>Guess I'm just confused by optical media these days. It isn't cheaper, isn't as<br>
convenient, it isn't re-writable 100,000x AND costs more than a spinning disk.<br>
<br>
I suppose if there are HIPPA or other regulatory requirements, but in a house?<br>
What am I missing?<br>
<br>
BTW, I have over 1,000 backup DVDs here (mix of 4.7 and 8G) ... but stopped<br>
using optical when HDDs became less expensive. Slowly moving those to 2+TB HDDs<br>
that can be connected via a USB3 dock.<br>
<br>
Can someone please enlighten me?<br>
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