▲ 63 ▼ Microsoft Repositions 7TB 'Project Silica' Glass Media as a Cloud Storage Solution (www.tomshardware.com) submitted 2 years ago by QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz to c/technology@beehaw.org 17 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] loops@beehaw.org 55 points 2 years ago (2 children) Microsoft asserts that the 7 TB storage per glass sheet maintains data integrity for 10,000 years. Imagine people 10,000 years from now finding a 7tb homework folder of high resolution ponies. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Micromot@feddit.de 22 points 2 years ago (2 children) Imagine dropping said sheet of glass and losing 7tb of your data permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ReadyUser30@beehaw.org 7 points 2 years ago (2 children) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] pbjamm@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago Some current HDD platters are already made of glass or ceramic. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Micromot@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago I would think it's just not made for portable use but for storing data at a data center permalink fedilink source parent [–] XTornado@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago Oopsie doopsie. permalink fedilink source parent [+] thingsiplay@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago* [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Micromot@feddit.de 22 points 2 years ago (2 children) Imagine dropping said sheet of glass and losing 7tb of your data permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ReadyUser30@beehaw.org 7 points 2 years ago (2 children) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] pbjamm@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago Some current HDD platters are already made of glass or ceramic. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Micromot@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago I would think it's just not made for portable use but for storing data at a data center permalink fedilink source parent [–] XTornado@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago Oopsie doopsie. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ReadyUser30@beehaw.org 7 points 2 years ago (2 children) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] pbjamm@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago Some current HDD platters are already made of glass or ceramic. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Micromot@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago I would think it's just not made for portable use but for storing data at a data center permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pbjamm@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago Some current HDD platters are already made of glass or ceramic. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Micromot@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago I would think it's just not made for portable use but for storing data at a data center permalink fedilink source parent