External USB Blu-Ray drives under Linux?

[phiscock-g851W1bGYuGnS0EtXVNi6w at public.gmane.org]

> On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 10:41:10PM -0400, phiscock-g851W1bGYuGnS0EtXVNi6w at public.gmane.org wrote:
>> Folks -
>>
>> I've outgrown by DVD storage, so I'm considering upgrading to an
>> external
>> USB connected Blu-Ray burner. Using an external USB-connected hard drive
>> works great on this Suse Linux box, so I'm hoping there is a similar
>> solution for Blu-Ray.
>>
>> Any comments on the feasibility of this? Does it require special
>> software
>> or can you simply mount the drive and copy to it?
>>
>> Any advice would be appreciated. Here's the description of this system:
>>
>> cat /etc/issue
>> Welcome to openSUSE 10.3 (i586) - Kernel \r (\l).
>>
>> cat /proc/version
>> Linux version 2.6.22.19-0.4-default (geeko at buildhost) (gcc version 4.2.1
>> (SUSE Linux)) #1 SMP 2009-08-14 02:09:16 +0200
>>
>> Peter
>
> I'm sure you did the math... but, isn't 3TB harddisk cheaper?  You get
> those external dock, and swap the harddisk like you currently do with
> DVD.
> --
> William
> --
Yeah, that may be the way to go. On further research, Blu-Ray appears not
to be all that reliable for archival storage. Apparently the limiting
factor with hard drives is that the lubrication fails after a year or so
of sitting on the shelf, so you have to use a HD to keep it working.

Hard drive is definitely the way to go for local backup. Removeable hard
drive might also be the best alternative for off-site backup. I'm also
going to look at solid state.

Peter



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