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Microsoft's glass data storage system saves terabytes for 10,000 years (newatlas.com)

submitted 11 months ago by abobla@lemm.ee to c/hardware@lemmy.ml

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[–] Drusenija@lemmy.world 34 points 11 months ago (1 children)

"Check it out, I've got terabytes on this small sheet of glass!"

proceeds to drop the glass

"Well... shit."

[–] DerpyPlayz18@lemm.ee 12 points 11 months ago (3 children)

proceeds to drop the hard drive

"Well... shit."

[–] Drusenija@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

I mean a solid state drive is probably going to have a better chance of surviving a drop than one made of glass. A platter drive, yeah, fair.

[–] andrew@lemmy.stuart.fun 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

proceeds to drop the off site data center

"Well... shit. There goes my 3-2-1 backup strategy."