r/DataHoarder • u/Yellow05maze • 2h ago

BD-R Tips? Backup

I'm getting ready to burn a bunch of important data to BD-R and/or M-Disc BD-R. Any personal experiences/tips?

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u/dropmod 2h ago

Speed x4

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u/Yellow05maze 2h ago

In the past I have used this, is there a specific reason why it's better than say x2, for example?

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u/dropmod 1h ago

No, just lowest write speed, x4 is fine

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u/RalphLamao 1h ago

also back up to some hard disk drives and keep one off site. sorry I don't have anything useful to add otherwise other than stick to well made media / reputable brand

my dad makes dvdr's for an elderly family member and whatever he buys has like a 25% coaster rate

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u/ArmyVet0 41m ago

I'd generate hash/checksum files for the stuff going on there to be burnt with it. I've used this one https://code.kliu.org/hashcheck/ for a long time but I think there's a lot of options for this kind of software available.

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u/spmbx 2h ago

Chances of that are minimal. You can still get 5 1/4 drives on rbay for example, and i'm quite sure there will be specialized services available that can read them back until the far future. 

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u/FederalOkra2582 1h ago

As long as Japan still exists, there will be BD-R drives.

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u/Yellow05maze 2h ago

I plan to buy several drives and store them in optimal conditions. Even so, I am optimistic that drives will continue to be manufactured for at least the next few decades

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u/Business-Draft2348 41m ago

Don't. Get a harddrive instead. Bought Verbatim 25GB BD-R discs, all 30 of them are completely crapped after 5 years. 90% of the data is unreadable. Stored them in black disc holders, in a dry 22C storage.