Everything I Know About The M-Disc (Archival Optical Storage Medium)
Channel: Daniel Rosehill
Date: 2022-06-07

I belatedly discovered the M-Disc well into my backup and data preservation career (you could say that it's been something of an ongoing topic of interest!). 

In this video, I wanted to share as much information as I have learned to date about this highly innovative and imaginative form of optical storage intended for long term cold/archival/offline usage. 

== Timestmaps ==

00:00 - Intro
03:17 - Start of slideshow
04:33 - What's an M-Disc?
08:51 - Why would you need an M-Disc?
12:46 - But ... isn't this what tape/LTO is supposed to do?
14:30 - Why tape is more popular and used than the M-Disc
17:14 - What's the M-Disc used for / common and intended use-cases
18:49 - My personal M-Disc data backup approach
21:00 - Advantages of the M-Disc / optical cold storage
22:17 - How do you write to / engrave M-Discs
24:20 - Where can you buy M-Discs and M-Disc burners / engravers
24:33 - M-Disc duplicators
27:54 - M-Disc storage: jewel cases vs. storing in binders

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By: Daniel Rosehill 

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