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[mikalg]

4 to 6TB on Blueray disks huh? hmmmm, that's a lot of media per back up don't you think?
Usefull? Not very likely. Does anyone realize how long backups would take, and how many times you would be required to SWAP DISKS?
At 25GB each ($10.00 estimated) that would be 160 to 250 initial backup disks and $1600 to $2500 !!!
If at any point you needed to restore this VAST number of disks.... how many weeks do you want it to take you?
ESATA backup drives would be more cost effective, as well as much faster.
At this point, if you want backups (most especially of a FULL initial backup) of your NAS box...you need TWO NAS boxes. Its as simple as that. One for data, the other for backup.
FASTER, and more economical too. Hooray for LG for bringing a topical product to market...its just who really needs this?

[thedigitalghost]

In my mind, and for my needs, backing up data to a NAS device only to back it up again to Blu-ray disk is a bit redundant; even when data redundancy is a good thing. I would much rather just use a Drobo and back up and archive my data to hard drives that can be safely and securely stored and accessed on any machine as oppossed to backing up my back-ups to a Blu-ray disk that can only be read by a machine with the appropriate drive.

[decourl]

I've never had much luck with burning optical discs such as CDs and DVDs. Even with name brand stuff at slow speeds, I've found that the failure rate is really significant. And even if you verify each burn via re-read, who's to say that the disc will hold up to time? It's just not proven.

[JaywalkerExtraordinaire]

{quote}Usefull? Not very likely. Does anyone realize how long backups would take, and how many times you would be required to SWAP DISKS?{quote}

After reading the article, I got the suspicion that the intended purpose is different from the stated purpose of the device. It looks like it was intended to make it easier to rip HD movies from Blu-Ray discs. They can't really advertise such a use, though.