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Blu-Ray discs tl;dr

The first Blu-Ray disc was created in 2002. 16 years after, blu-rays have invaded video game consoles but have still not boomed in the consumer market as much as CDs and DVDs. Why is that? There was a time when everybody archived their data on their trusty DVD-Rs, why won't people do the same with BDs? The primarly used archival supports used today are HDDs and LTO for corporations, the later still being today the cheapest euros/Go ratio: A single LTO7 cartridge can hold up to 6TB of data or 15TB compressed data for a price of 64 euros on amazon, we are looking here at a 0.010euros/Go ratio. Even though LTO is incredibly cheap and reliable, LTO drives cost more than 2000 euros. If money isnt an issue for you, you should consider LTO. You may ask me: "What about HDDs?". Well HDDs do indeed have a better euro/Go ratio than Blu-Rays (0.029 euros/Go for a 2TB Toshiba HDD) but they tend to not be the best solution for prolonged data archival as the plates need to spin once in a while to avoid bad sectors piling up. Finally, discs are a very convenient way to store your data since you can store them in jewel cases labeled by their content, sorted in bookshelves or a shoebox.

Further reading on Blu-Rays

Blu-ray Disc's wikipedia page

Some infos

BD-R || BD-R SL = 25Go
BD-RE = 25Go, rewritable.
BD-R DL = 50Go
BD-R TL || XL = 100Go

Comparison of euros/Go ratio price on amazon.fr

BD-RE (rewritable)

Verbatim 20 pack BD-RE 2x jp import = 0.047 euros/Go
Verbatim 50 pack BD-RE jp import = 0.036 euros/Go
Verbatim 10 pack BD-REDL jp import = 0.069 euros/Go

BD-R

Verbatim 50 pack BD-R SL 6x (39,86euros) = 0.031 euros/Go
Verbatim 5 pack BD-RXL jp import (30,78e) = 0.06156 euros/Go
Verbatim 50 pack BD-RDL jp import (105,12e) = 0.042 euros/Go
Verbatim 50 pack BD-R SL jp import (42,95e) = 0.034 euros/Go
HP 50 pack BD-R (34,99e) = 0,027 euros/Go (no review)
Vinpower 50 pack BD-R (40,10e) = 0,032 euros/Go (amazon prime + good reviews)

Best discs for very long archival

Be sure to have an M-Disc compatible Drive to burn these

Verbatim 10 pack BD-R M-Disc spindle (43,98e, 0.17e/Go)
Verbatim 5 pack BD-R M-Disc in jewel cases (27,50e, 0.22e/Go)
Verbatim 5 pack BD-R DL M-Disc jp import (48,80e, 0.19e/Go)

Drives/Writers

LG WH14NS40. Can write BD-R BD-RDL BD-RE BD-REDL and DVDs/CDs (66e with prime)