The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 4 months agoResearchers have developed a Very Big Disc™ that can store up to 200 terabytes of data and may represent a return to optical media for long term storagewww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1321arrow-down13
arrow-up1318arrow-down1external-linkResearchers have developed a Very Big Disc™ that can store up to 200 terabytes of data and may represent a return to optical media for long term storagewww.pcgamer.comThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square44fedilink
minus-squareroguetrick@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·4 months agoSeems the researcher’s concept is to have data on both sides of the disc and have it sitting in a datacenter. I don’t really buy the use case.
minus-squarewithabeard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·4 months agoI’ve worked for companies backing up 100s of petabytes a year on tape. This is audit and log data they are required to keep as well as business data. If these discs are significantly cheaper than tape, then there’s your use case.
Seems the researcher’s concept is to have data on both sides of the disc and have it sitting in a datacenter. I don’t really buy the use case.
I’ve worked for companies backing up 100s of petabytes a year on tape. This is audit and log data they are required to keep as well as business data.
If these discs are significantly cheaper than tape, then there’s your use case.