Ceramics-based storage medium consumes very little energy and lasts more than 5,000 years, creators say

Video of ceramic storage system prototype surfaces online — 10,000TB cartridges bombarded with laser rays could become mainstream by 2030, making slow hard drives and tapes obsolete::Ceramics-based storage medium consumes very little energy and lasts more than 5,000 years, creators say

    • frezik@midwest.socialEnglish
      12·
      11 months ago

      Business have plenty of reason to use this. Backing up several terabytes in a proper 3-2-1 setup is expensive.

        • frezik@midwest.socialEnglish
          5·
          11 months ago

          I have a pet peeve when people are dismissive about things that are “only” for commercial use. Commercial is a huge market, especially when it comes to IT things. Almost every company on Earth can benefit from better backup solutions. You may not see them personally, but they help run the things that you use all the time.

          • BearOfaTime@lemm.eeEnglish
            1·
            11 months ago

            And commercial stuff makes it’s way down to consumers all the time.

            As an enterprise geek, I watch what we do trickle down to SMB every year… And then to consumers. Many consumers have similar tech capabilities as many SMB’s. Just look around here, how many of us run segmented networks, with traffic filtering, numerous test devices and virtualization?

    • Bread@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      6·
      11 months ago

      You clearly have never met a data hoarder before then. Some people just store things for the heck of it and if it happens to be relevant years down the line, they have you covered.