This Optical Disc Stores Your Data in "Rock"

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rjranay

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I usually find that the drive itself that gives out more often than the disc, however, this technology is still a welcome solution. Hopefully, somewhat sorts out that drive issue as well!
 

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the only problem i see with this is that its not rewritable and if there is an error while burning the data that will make the disc useless.... but its still better then a conventional DVD
 

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Archival DVDs are supposed to last for a hundred years, but actually last for about 5. Will these Thousand year DVDs last for 50?

They can say it will last for any period they like, if they think that they will be dead, or otherwise unavailable when the DVDs start failing.

I won't believe it until they do last for a thousand years, but obviously even if they do, I won't be around to see it.
 

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I'm very concern about this part "Millenniata said that the actual recording process utilizes higher temperatures and as much as 5 times more energy than any ordinary optical disc."

 

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These would be perfect for record archival. Current systems are too sensitive to environmental conditions which could result in the degradation of the records over time. Something like this is perfect for recording permanent information that would last hundreds of years.
 

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[citation][nom]konstantindk[/nom]What's more important is will it be more scratch resistant?[/citation]

With the protection coat used on blu-ray discs, you can bet that it is more than scratch resistant. DVD don't need a very thin layer of protection like blu-ray so it can be made ticker and since the material used on blu-rays are better.

[citation][nom]alhanelem[/nom]the only problem i see with this is that its not rewritable and if there is an error while burning the data that will make the disc useless.... but its still better then a conventional DVD [/citation]

It's no diferent than a dvd-r media or cd-r media. So i'ts not a problem. Besides, i don't think this is targeted on simple consumers. It's more for the enterprise, big companies like record or movies studios that would surely welcome it. How many great movies where lost do to film reels degrading past the point of no return, or do to fires, water flooding...?
 

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woohooo, lots of people raiding the drive's lasers, since higher than 5mW lasers are illegal in the US! (although in Asia you can still get your hands on 1Watt lasers very cheap)!
 

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Forget errors. Nero and other software can check it afterwords for a complete 1:1 write.


[citation][nom]drwho1[/nom]I'm very concern about this part "Millenniata said that the actual recording process utilizes higher temperatures and as much as 5 times more energy than any ordinary optical disc."[/citation]
Concerned with what? It's just the writing process. I'd say it's a very good trade-off if once it's written it stays there. And it's compatible with current DVD technology. Concerned with temperature? Don't play any games while you're burning a disc then.

I would so get one of those BluRay drives. Hurry up and make it mainstream already ! Gotta archive my huge lesbian porn collection (it's the good stuff too) so my children's children can enjoy it !

Meh... By then they'll probably have 5333x3000 screens (16:9) and this stuff would feel like 320x240 to them.
 

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why? I mean, tech changes so fast that this is almost obsolete now, much less 10-20 years from now, and you can forget about 100-1000 years from now. There are larger reliable archival storage systems out there now for the corp world, so I am failing to see how this is useful
 

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1000 years... still has 'glue' and plastic (polycarbonite) layer.
These are your next two weak spots in the setup.
You have to give the old Egyptians some credit with their hyroglyphs.
They sure know how to make a recording last :)

 

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We were storing our data in the "cloud." Now we're storing our data in the "rock." What's next, storing our data in the "lake?"
 

drwho1

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My concern is with the HEAT obviously inside my tower, Also I think I have a pretty good Power Supply but it also stipulates that it has a bigger power consumption, so what are this drives Power specs requirements?
 

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I hate optical media. I just want it to go away.
Sure, in the event that this proves to be a truly durable (long term) media, I'll concede that there is a purpose for this. But it seems like a gimmick, as it is still susceptible to scratches... Scratches that pop up from general use... Like the scratches I get when I leave my DVD in the player too long...
 
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