SPhotonix 5D memory crystal: cold storage lasts 14B years
www.theregister.com
: SPhotoix moves its 5D Memory Crystal cold storage tech closer to deployment in data centers

“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.”

    • ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
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      2 days ago

      CD-R and CD-RW discs use different methods of data encoding, and were never advertised as having similar longevity.

      I mean…sorry, but this is wrong. Mitsui CDRs for example are still being sold on retail sites advertising 100+ (and sometimes 300+) year longevity. Similar to bitrot, internet rot makes it hard to find advertisements from the 90s, but I am comfortable that was true then too and not limited to “gold” high quality discs like Mitsui.