Yep. They are so freaking concerned about piracy that the costs of using BR discs as data backups are astronomical. You can buy a 1 TB hard disk for about the same price as 6 re-writable Blu-Ray discs (providing 25 GB of storage each).
--------------------------- Brian Weeden Technical Consultant Secure World Foundation <http://www.secureworldfoundtion.org> +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 9:38 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Cost of the media is a major deterrent from trying. > > I have a BD-RE drive (re-writable) and 2 BD-RE disks (cost 10GBP each > >.< ), which I occasionally use. Write times are still quite lengthy and > when you combine those write times with the cost of the media, you > realise hard drives are a better choice for backups. > > Jason Tozer > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thane > Sherrington > Sent: 16 October 2008 14:26 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [H] Blu-Ray as a backup device > > Has anyone tried a Blu-Ray drive as a backup device? It sems like it > would be a good option for larger backups. > > T > > > > This message and any attachment are confidential and may be privileged or > otherwise protected from disclosure. > If you are not the intended recipient, please telephone or email the sender > and delete this message and any > attachment from your system. If you are not the intended recipient you > must not copy this message or attachment > or disclose the contents to any other person. > > Clifford Chance LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in > England & Wales under number OC323571. > The firm's registered office and principal place of business is at 10 Upper > Bank Street, London, E14 5JJ. > For further details, including a list of members and their professional > qualifications, see our website > at www.cliffordchance.com. The firm uses the word 'partner' to refer to a > member of Clifford Chance LLP or > an employee or consultant with equivalent standing and qualifications. The > firm is regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. The Authority's > rules can be accessed by clicking on the following link: > http://www.sra.org.uk/code-of-conduct.page > > Clifford Chance as a global firm regularly shares client and/or > matter-related data among its different > offices and support entities in strict compliance with internal control > policies and statutory requirements. > Incoming and outgoing email communications may be monitored by Clifford > Chance, as permitted by applicable law and regulations. > > For further information about Clifford Chance please see our website at > http://www.cliffordchance.com or refer > to any Clifford Chance office. > > >
