Modern media carriers - what to choose for a large file archive

It all started with the fact that I wondered - what is more advantageous to store a collection of thousands of films. The search for an answer led to a large-scale comparison, and the result was a very clear picture - the relative cost of storage for all types of carriers that exist today.



I did this: I took an inexpensive and proven store (as my favorite F-Center ) and wrote out positions for all available media types. The fact that there was no product in their assortment, I added from other well-known online stores with the same price level. Then built a graph of unit cost, in terms of 1 megabyte. Not to be unsubstantiated, after the chart there is a table with real positions from the price list, as well as some conclusions. Here is what happened:



The original article is left in a personal blog to avoid duplication.