It's A Digital Disease!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/ArchonOSX on 2025-02-07 18:52:26.

Food for thought:

"A study looking at the stability of Blu-ray media has shown that overall, BD-Rs (whether they are the dye or the non-dye type) have rather poor stability compared to some CD-Rs and DVD±Rs (Iraci 2018)."

https://www.canada.ca/en/conservation-institute/services/conservation-preservation-publications/canadian-conservation-institute-notes/longevity-recordable-cds-dvds.html

Some other good information here too. Unfortunately, CD-Rs, with the smallest storage capacity, have the longest life span and BD-Rs are towards the short end of the list.

Be prepared to renew your archive every 5-20 years if you are using optical media for storage.

Happy Day!