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The original was posted on /r/datahoarder by /u/danielrosehill on 2024-01-22 11:46:31+00:00.
Hi folks,
As some of you may know (I feel like I've posted enough here!) I use optical media (specifically the M-Disc) to archive my personal data - mostly videos, audio files, photos and - occasionally - important documents.
My current system is burning every archive disc two times - one is kept onsite and the other is 'queued' for transfer to my offsite library. The offsite library is located at my inlaws' place in the US (I'm on a different continent ... and yes ... I guess I better stay married to this girl for the rest of my life if I want to keep my backup data ๐).
I do the 'offsiting' process myself - by which I mean I put a binder full of CDs into my checked luggage. But I've thought it might be worth trying to mail over some of my CDs. I have hopes that my father in law will join the 'datahoarding movement' (he seems interested in M-Disc). So perhaps he'd do me the favor of taking a UPS delivery from me a few times a year.
I'm wondering has anybody done something like this? And if so any thoughts on how to best package whatever physical media you're sending - whether it be optical media, HDDs, SDDs, LTO tapes, or really whatever?
TIA