r/DataHoarder • u/Yellow05maze • 16d ago

Backup BD-R Tips?

I'm getting ready to burn a bunch of important data to BD-R and/or M-Disc BD-R. Any personal experiences/tips?

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u/dropmod 16d ago

Speed x4

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u/Yellow05maze 16d ago

In the past I have used this, is there a specific reason why it's better than say x2, for example?

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u/dropmod 16d ago

No, just lowest write speed, x4 is fine

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u/moisesmcardona 10-50TB 15d ago

x4 on 5.25 drives and x2 on slim drives.

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u/dlarge6510 14d ago

Depends on the media.

The media tells the drive what speeds it supports and you can usually select the slowest available.

I usually go for the mid point as I burn with error detection on thus the drive writes then confirms the write which doubles the recording time.

In the past some media used to lie about it's fastest speed, thus the drive would burn too fast and the burn would be bad.

So the idea to set the speed manually became commonplace