The Best Long Term Storage Media Soloution

Bad advice. SSDs are not a good for data archival, at all. If any kind of flash storage is powered off for an extended time, the data will start to rot. The best consumer archival media is M-Disc. The data is etched into what is essentially a stone layer, with an estimated longevity of 1000 years. The discs are hardened compared to regular DVD-R. They are impervious to magnetic fields. They are impervious to liquids. They are impervious to power leakage. Blu-ray M-Discs are available in sizes of 25GB, 50GB, and 100GB. Sony also make a similar product which stores 128GB. I recommend using the 25GB discs, because spreading the data among multiple separate discs gives even more redundancy.

The problem with SSDs is that they are not very good for long term storage. It's fast, small, silent, consumes less, and doesn't care much about shocks, but they leak electrons over time, that is just the drawback of the technology, so files may get corrupted. If you're thinking on storing something for many years HDDs are actually better provided that you leave it installed in a server, and don't move it, don't shock it... Doesn't have to be an expensive server, you can use an old PC full of HDDs. Also HDDs are way cheaper then SSDs, so you can get 2 of the same capacity, and store the same data on 2 or more, so if you loose 1 drive, you still have the data on the other. I have a nearly 20 year old PC with 4 HDDs in it, and storing everything on at least 2 HDDs, It's running Ubuntu server (free and open source command line only Linux operating system), and it's on a a safe place connected to the local network, I pretty much just push the power button, wait 2 minutes, and access the data over the network, no display, mouse or keyboard required. Now I'm about to re-purpose a 15-16 year old PC with 2x4TB HDDs for long term storage, and an SSD for the operating system. This time I'm gonna put Ubuntu desktop (same as the other but with graphical user interphase) on it, because it has an overclocked I7 processor, and 16 GB of RAM, and I'm upgrading it with a new 90% efficient power supply for reliability, so it's will also be my secondary workstation (with display mouse and keyboard of course) just in case my new Ryzen 5 laptop bites the dust. That being said, Ubuntu is my choice, since I'm a Linux only user since 2011, and I'm fine with using terminal when I need to. I know not everyone is into Linux, but Windows would also work fine for that, although you may not be able to still run up to date windows on close to 20 years old hardware as I do with Linux, so you would probably need newer hardware, even 10 years old would be a stretch for modern windows. Not Sure about Mac, cause I only briefly worked on a macbook at one of the companies I worked for, and I know that they keep tight control over their user's hardware and software(which is a nightmare for someone used to the freedom of Linux), but I also know that many of the Linux commands work on Mac as well.

M-Disk Blue-Ray better in every way

Most modern Type-C host ports should be able to negotiate 5v 1.5/3A. I have a handful of m.2 thumbdrive enclosures and one type-c enclosure on a short cable like yours, all with Ventoy on them. I never leave home without one!

multiple backups across variios different media is best and one copy off site , keep the data by moving it to whatever new media comes out is pretty easy with digital so do that. looking back over time you will see that a big problem is not necessarily loss of data but accessing it, how many of us have access to a cineprojector or a vhs or even a dvd player these days, same will be true of hdd soon enough. imagine inn a 100 years someone looking at any of this stuff would just have no idea that is has data on it let alone reading it. A photo on paper etc will still be recognisable though....

If the 1 terrabyte discs come out in 2024 (which i think we will see considering HDDs are now uo to 22 TB) then my personal top 3 methods for cold storage would be: 1) 1 terrabyte discs 2) HDD 3) LTO Dvd is good however if the 1 terrabyte discs really are $5 per disc and gets down to $1 per disc like they say you might as well just get that.

bro i am living in south korea and buy chinese chip nvme encloser. and my ssd can read the file but can't move or copy it. what is ur encloser?

I really want to back up my files in the long run so I consider buying external SSD's, but for whatever reason most people advise against them. I don't get it. Other than Cloud Storage, which is way too expensive, external SSD's seem to be the best solution here. They seem more reliable and practical than external HDD's, yet many recommend the latter. Do portable SSD's last around 3-5 years? Even if left unplugged? If so, I declare myself satisfied.

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Important as well...redundancy.

DVDs?

Well Apples prices are ridiculous and some of their computers can't be upgraded easily if at all. Either it is soldered to the motherboard and you are stuck with it for life or it is a Mac Studio with slots that are useless for swapping drives anyhow!

Get 3 hard drives and buy a new one every 3 years. Problem soled.