• 1024_Kibibytes@lemm.ee
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    8 months ago

    That was my question about this. It can store a lot of data, great! But will the media last 10 years or more? For real long term storage it needs to last decades.

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      8 months ago

      From the article:

      Another associated benefit would be the minimisation of data migration. The discs are said to be highly stable, with an expected lifespan of 50 to 100 years. That’s a huge leap over current data centre HDD based storage systems, which generally move data over to new devices every five to 10 years to avoid data-loss from ageing drives.