Originally Posted by
SpringHeeledJack
large capacity CD/DVD backups ? Any tips appreciated, most of the articles on the web seem to be from yesteryear.
There is no such thing as a large capacity CD or DVD. Well not compared with current USB sticks or heaven forbid disk drives AND they don't last that long in storage although some special long life Blue Ray disks (25GB) are available.
DVD is as I recall 4GB. CD is 0.7GB
Kingston 128GB USB £16.
For archival storage it would be best to check out the longevity of the medium - I think I recall reading that there are problems with recordable disks such as dvd and CD. No idea about Flash (USB drive) or magnetic disks. I suspect for example that Audio tapes are very problematic too and VHS video may be pretty good.
Use good sources for critical decisions.
google - archival digital storage
A couple of randomish articles that may help, I have read them and they don't seem like total nonsense.
https://www.pcworld.com/article/2984...your-data.html
https://www.howtogeek.com/356473/how...ually-forever/