External hard drives or BD-R for backups?

[Jumpem]

The problem with Blu-ray is that the blank media costs is still relatively expensive.

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

Optical media has a much shorter life span than most everything else. If you're going to drop the coin on a BLueRay burner, get yourself a tape drive instead.

 

[taltamir]

we were just discussing the issue in another thread in this forum jumpem, check it out http://forums.anandtech.com/me...=2278852&enterthread=y

 

[VaultDweller]

Originally posted by: JeffreyLebowski
If you're going to drop the coin on a BLueRay burner, get yourself a tape drive instead.

Ehhh, tape drives are a lot more expensive than BluRay burners, and will probably require the purchase of a controller card as well. Tapes are more affordable than BD-R media on a per GB basis, though.

(I'm actually in the market for an LTO-3 drive at the moment.)