Archiving to M-DISC and Blu-ray: Does Optical Storage Still Make Sense for Data Hoarders?
Every data hoarder who’s priced out LTO tape (see the LTO tape guide if you haven’t yet) eventually asks the same follow-up question: what about Blu-ray? It’s cheap, it’s been around forever, and “burn it to a disc” still feels like the most bulletproof way to preserve something you never want to lose. The honest answer is that optical storage is a real tool with a real niche, but that niche is much narrower than the capacity-per-dollar math of tape or disk, and most people reaching for it are solving the wrong problem. ...