QuentinCallaghanA to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 8 months agoMicrosoft Repositions 7TB 'Project Silica' Glass Media as a Cloud Storage Solutionwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up167arrow-down10
arrow-up167arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft Repositions 7TB 'Project Silica' Glass Media as a Cloud Storage Solutionwww.tomshardware.comQuentinCallaghanA to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squareMicromot@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up22·8 months agoImagine dropping said sheet of glass and losing 7tb of your data
minus-squareReadyUser30@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up7·8 months agoPresumably you can store the glass in a metal case with some padding? It’s not gonna be much more fragile than a hard drive.
minus-squarepbjamm@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 months agoSome current HDD platters are already made of glass or ceramic.
minus-squareMicromot@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·8 months agoI would think it’s just not made for portable use but for storing data at a data center
Imagine dropping said sheet of glass and losing 7tb of your data
Presumably you can store the glass in a metal case with some padding? It’s not gonna be much more fragile than a hard drive.
Some current HDD platters are already made of glass or ceramic.
I would think it’s just not made for portable use but for storing data at a data center
Oopsie doopsie.