I can’t comprehend what’s going on!? Why!?

not because of the hardware.

The main cost is the hardware you could have open source NAS OS’s

The thing you read about optical discs is not about HTL inorganic blurays

You read about CD’s which uses an organize layer for the data.

Inorganic HTL blurays lasts 50+ years, and can be stored in room temperature and at high humidity.

About the box, those sleeves are not.designed for archival disc archival storage boxes protect blurays from scratches

And sony Archival Discs are inside a cartridge protected from scratches

I think NAS is great for techies but optica disc storage is better option for family memories and stuff.

A NAS need maintenance and can get expensive.

LTO tape take a lot of care, I just read about it again.

It needs proper storage and maintenace and even then it last for 30 years.

Optical media last 50+ years and storage conditions is just normal home climate. I think for childhood memories, important documents, wedding videos is a perfect medium.

Because I believe for home use optical disc in a cartridge is easier.

*I might be wrong, but I remember LTO tape must be stored at certain RH and condition.

And they last for 30 years, maybe

And VHS tapes. Ade the idea of a tape around a spool feeels like it is not as robust as a disc.

Having said that, iffff consumer version of lto tape drives was out there it would be as cool.

But I still feel discs are more safer.

You see, I could salvage archival optical disc if I got flooded or if they went through extreme temperature.

LTO is too complicated for someone like me.

Obtaining used drive is the only choice and it is still expensive… I think.

And magentic tape can store more.dafa but I think a cartridge with several optical disk is way more reliable because the data don’t habe to move around a spool or something.