QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 11 months agoMicrosoft Repositions 7TB 'Project Silica' Glass Media as a Cloud Storage Solutionwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down10
arrow-up140arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft Repositions 7TB 'Project Silica' Glass Media as a Cloud Storage Solutionwww.tomshardware.comQuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squareloops@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·11 months ago 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.
minus-squareMicromot@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up15·11 months agoImagine dropping said sheet of glass and losing 7tb of your data
minus-squareReadyUser30@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up7·11 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-up6·11 months agoSome current HDD platters are already made of glass or ceramic.
minus-squareMicromot@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 months agoI would think it’s just not made for portable use but for storing data at a data center
Imagine people 10,000 years from now finding a 7tb homework folder of high resolution ponies.
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.