The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/ReactCereals on 2024-06-01 15:50:45.
Hello, so I have decided to revise my current backup strategy and opt for using off site M-DISK backups.
However, there are still two things I can't figure out (or find recent opinions about at least).
My first issue is choosing an internal burner to buy. Currently I only have an array of old DVD drives to batch rip old DVDs and no experience regarding bluray/M-DISK. I feel like I can only find product recommendations that are quite a few years old and it feels like one year people tend to recommend pioneer over everything else and another year its only LG and the year after pioneer again and so on...
On top I can't figure out what to even watch out for. For example the currently available Pioneer drives BDR-S12XLT, BDR-213EBK, BDR-S13EBK, etc. all offer the same compatibility, same write speeds, same read speeds, and according as to how I read their product page the exact same features. Is there even something in a technical data sheet I can use to judge whether one drive might be more reliable for my use case than the other? What drives do you use/recommend in 2024 and why?
My base line requirement is just burning M-DISKs (single/dual layer) and occasionally ripping a Blu-ray. Linux support would be highly appreciated but I can fall back to a windows system I have to keep running for other legacy scanning software anyways.
For backing up old collections of media which won't change I guess how to do it is pretty straight forward. However, I'd also like to backup folders that like to change and grow like my document folders. These changing folders by far do not even come close to fill up the capacity of any M-DISK as of now. So I'd like to regularly keep burning info about recent changes/new files only on the same disk to not waste e.g. a 25 GB disk every time I backup a 3 GB folder. I originally intended to write a few small scripts that would keep track of changes/new files since last backup and manage versioning for writing/restoring those. However, I feel like reinventing the wheel here but can't really find the software I am looking for. Any simple and open source software recommendations there?
Thanks for your input!