Re: Backup to Blu-ray M-Disc

[Sad Clouds <cryintothebluesky%gmail.com@localhost>]

On Fri, 27 Dec 2019 10:29:40 -0500 (EST)
Ethan O'Toole <telmnstr%757.org@localhost> wrote:

> > OK Blu-ray M-Discs are expensive, but LTO-5 tape drive is around
> > $2K, that is equivalent to about 165 100GB M-Discs.
> 
> Oh, got my two LTO-5 drives from a trash bin.

As long as they work. These days they don't make hardware as good as
they used to. My Samsung Blu-ray movie player died on Christmas day,
only had it for around 4 years. I opened the drive trying to fix it,
but it was full of flimsy plastic gears and pulleys, which fell out the
minute I took the cover off. I have other equipment like HP deskjet
printer which I had for 18 years and it still works without any issues.