i think that’s it. We used to use CD-Rs and DVD-Rs to record playlists and movies, respectively. Data hoarders today will prefer multi-hard drive servers over burning everything to Bluray, and for one-time file transfers, we have flash drives and online file shares. I just can’t think of a use case for BR-R that isn’t better served by a different technology.
Presumably when we’re talking off-site backups we’re talking about a separate company sitting somewhere in an abandoned nuclear bunker which can justify the price of a tape drive or twenty.
Honestly surprised, i thought blu-ray m-disc was moderately popular
I’d never even heard of it, I feel like cheap large flash drives and streaming killed the main use cases for these.
i think that’s it. We used to use CD-Rs and DVD-Rs to record playlists and movies, respectively. Data hoarders today will prefer multi-hard drive servers over burning everything to Bluray, and for one-time file transfers, we have flash drives and online file shares. I just can’t think of a use case for BR-R that isn’t better served by a different technology.
M-disc is for long term storage, which flash and hard drives are not suitable for.
I believe Blurays are still a very good medium for long term data storage, like a cold offsite backup.
Isn’t that what tapes are for.
Sure, if you have enough data to make the cost of a tape drive worth it.
Yes, but at much higher cost.
Tapes themselves are cheaper, but the drive (and potentially operating cost?) can definitely be higher for the industrial stuff
Presumably when we’re talking off-site backups we’re talking about a separate company sitting somewhere in an abandoned nuclear bunker which can justify the price of a tape drive or twenty.
Not as profitable as charging someone licensing fees ?