Microsoft develops ultra durable glass plates that can store several TBs of data for 10000 years::Project Silica’s coaster-size glass plates can store unaltered data for thousands of years, creating sustainable storage for the world

  • @[email protected]
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    61 year ago

    I really don’t care until I can buy one. In the meantime I have a few hdd’s and an old LTO4 drive…

    • @Motavader
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      31 year ago

      Article says the glass plates can only be written once, so don’t toss out your hdd just yet

      • @computergeek125
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        1 year ago

        They could replace WORM storage, and since the person you responded to mentioned LTO, WORM may be possible with their data set since LTO is traditionally used for backups