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Next-gen optical disk can store over 14,000 4k movies (www.digitaltrends.com)
submitted 10 months ago by bradboimler@startrek.website to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 23 points 10 months ago

Cloud storage gets very expensive when you need to backup tens or hundreds of terabytes. You need very fast internet and you still need a local backup too. A second NAS and a tape drive will probably be cheaper than this new optical drive though.