Gregory K. Ruiz-Ade wrote:
On Jul 17, 2007, at 12:52 PM, Paul G. Allen wrote:
CDs, especially CDRs and RWs have a very short shelf life, IIRC 3-5
years. Magnetic tape has a far longer life and in case of fire, the tape
case will melt and burn before the tape itself does (the problem is
if/when the case melts all over the tape, encasing the tape in a
coffin).
It's a damned shame that high-capacity tape drives cost so much...
I really miss having a good tape backup at home that wasn't fragile
(i.e., my external hard drives are fast and capacious, but you can drop
a tape cartridge with far fewer consequences than dropping a hard drive.)
Gregory
I remember somewhere around 10 to 15 years ago reading an article about
the cutting edge technology of writing holographically to crystals.
They were, even then, having some success, and estimated that the
storage capacity would be somewhere in the terabyte range (and beyond).
Back then, I had to find out what a terabyte was. Anyone know
anything about this technology? Did it go nowhere?
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