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M-Disc
A computer is only as good as the data you can save. The
safest physical medium for your data is Millenniata's M-Disc
technology. M-Discs are recordable DVDs and Blu-rays which
don't rely on the organic dyes all previous technology uses,
but instead create a physically etched DVD or Blu-ray that is
enormously resistant to torture and is expected to last well
over a hundred years.
See Robbin Harris's take here:
www.zdnet.com/article/torture-testing-the-1000-year-dvd/
One thing to remember about backups is that because of
data degradation (also called data rot and data decay) your
data may, invisibly, lose integrity over time.
That's where a workflow that includes M-Disc comes in. The
discs are inexpensive, compact, durable, and are write-once.
The backup you make on M-Disc is stable for a hundred years.
So if you discover that an important old file has, over the
years, become corrupted, you can always go back to your
M-Disc backup from years ago to recover a good version. If
you're serious about backup, your workflow should include
regular M-disc backups.
HGST
For decades, industry insiders have said that HGST (formerly
Hitachi, and before that IBM) hard drives are consistently the
most reliable. Independent data from Backblaze now confirms
this is still true. HGST has merged with Western Digital, but it
still operates as its own entity and quality is as high as ever.
We're thrilled Western Digital has taken such an enlightened
attitude in this important merger. (Another interesting finding
from Backblaze: 4TB hard drives are more reliable than 3TB
hard drives. We're waiting to see what Backblaze will say
about 6TB hard drives.)
Western Digital
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