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This long-term data storage will last 14 billion years (www.theregister.com)
submitted 1 day ago by kalkulat@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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"the medium is silica crystal, similar to optical cable, it's highly durable. It's also capacious: The technology can store up to 360 TB of data on a 5-inch glass platter."

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[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 48 points 1 day ago (2 children)

If it's slow, then it's the central backup and you use anything else for regular use. Just having it as a fallback for recovery would be huge.

[–] ieatpwns@lemmy.world 37 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I’ll have a crystal collection that’s actually useful

[–] Jerkface@piefed.social 38 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

"This one's for memory."
"You actually believe in that garbage?"
"No, you don't understand..."

[–] Archer@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Stargate SG-1 was ahead of its time with crystals

[–] yggstyle@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

We desperately need a non-magnetic storage for obvious reasons ... But making a new thing is freakish difficult.