[doubledad222]

Thank you for sharing this. I am in charge of archiving the family files - pictures, video, art projects, email. I want it available through the aging of standards and protected against the bitrot of aging hard drives. I'll be converting any xz archives I get into a better format.

[moviuro]

Mix and match, according to criticity and max affordable data loss: multiple locations, multiple solutions, multiple local copies (e.g. one cloud solution + DVD + NAS). See: https://www.backblaze.com/blog/the-3-2-1-backup-strategy/

[Skunkleton]

You should also write out ECC information.