New optical disc holds up to 200 Terabytes of data, could revolutionize data centers for enterprise storage

[BackInTheGame78]

Scientists have come up with an optical disc that holds 200 Terabytes!!! worth of data that is the same size as a DVD.

Completely revolutionizes enterprise storage as these discs can now be used to hold huge amounts of data that would have required a high capacity data center previously.

Called a Very Big Disc(VBD), they have a lifespan estimated at 50-100 years...

Researchers have developed a Very Big Disc™ that can store up to 200 terabytes of data and may represent a return to optical media for long term storage

You can't keep a good disk down, it seems.

www.pcgamer.com

 

[RickTheToad]

Scientists have come up with an optical disc that holds 200 Terabytes!!! worth of data that is the same size as a DVD.

Completely revolutionizes enterprise storage as these discs can now be used to hold huge amounts of data that would have required a high capacity data center previously.

Called a Very Big Disc(VBD), they have a lifespan estimated at 50-100 years...

Researchers have developed a Very Big Disc™ that can store up to 200 terabytes of data and may represent a return to optical media for long term storage

You can't keep a good disk down, it seems.

www.pcgamer.com

Ingenious name.

 

[BillyPilgrim]

All this sh1t is advancing way too fast without proper foresight or oversight. If there are nefarious agents ruling over us, this is something they would applaud.

 

[DarwinTaurus]

Thanks for the link. As I'm a Shift Manager in a Data Center, I find information such as this, to be interesting.

 

[RickTheToad]

A toad surrounded by nerds....

 

[BackInTheGame78]

Thanks for the link. As I'm a Shift Manager in a Data Center, I find information such as this, to be interesting.

I guess the key will be what is the access time to locate files or data on the disk since it is so large.

If it's not really fast I doubt it takes off.

 

[DarwinTaurus]

I guess the key will be what is the access time to locate files or data on the disk since it is so large.

If it's not really fast I doubt it takes off.

It would be more useful for long term backup, not for everyday storage.