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 - eviltoast
Ceramics-based storage medium consumes very little energy and lasts more than 5,000 years, creators say
  • BloodSlut@lemmy.worldEnglish
    15·
    11 months ago

    One drawback of these types of storage media is that they can only be written to once

      • CanadaPlus@futurology.todayEnglish
        10·
        11 months ago

        On the other hand, data thieves would have a field day, since you would basically have to melt this in a forge to physically erase it.

        It’s actually more for archiving purposes than as system memory. Note the reference to tapes.

    • KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      5·
      11 months ago

      At this density, depending on the price, it wouldn’t be that big a deal even for temporary data. Virtually any data you put on the drive will be Insignificant. You can simply discard the old data, perhaps nulling it out, and continue along.

      You could write the equivalent of current gen SSDs every single day for years and not run out of space.

  • prof@infosec.pubEnglish
    5·
    11 months ago

    Seems like a great solution for archiving large amounts of data.

    Reminds me of this one concept I’ve heard about where we can get rid of database instability by making CRUD systems into just CR systems. Meaning we just never update or delete existing data, which in turn requires lots of storage space.

    • gibmiser@lemmy.worldEnglish
      18·
      11 months ago

      Buy some laser pointers and a coffee mug. Put a tiny disco ball in the mug hanging on a string. Spin it and point the laser pointers at it. Recite Pi while you do it.