1TB plexi-glass disc

[mellowd]

Eventually...

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=storage&articleId=9053822



December 21, 2007 (Computerworld) -- At the upcoming CES conference in Las Vegas, one company plans to demonstrate the ability to store half a terabyte of data on a DVD disc that is made of a polymer similar to Plexiglas.

Israel-based Mempile Inc. said its TeraDisc DVDs will offer 1TB of storage for consumers in the next few years -- and corporations will be able to use the technology to permanently store data at a fraction of the price of spinning disk and tape, according to Dr. Beth Erez, Mempile's chief marketing officer. Today's high-definition DVDs hold a maximum of 50GB in formats such as HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc.....

[snickers295]

thats cool.
that disc is bigger then my hard drive!

[hanzomon4]

Is it rw-able? I would never be able to use that much space in one go.

[Lostincyberspace]

Use it for high def tv. How 2000" screen with high def pixels size sound?

[smartboyathome]

Wow, if I had one of those, I wouldn't be able to use all that space (I haven't been able to max out my 320GB HD yet!).

[Lostincyberspace]

You don't have a lot of video then.

[smartboyathome]

You don't have a lot of video then.

Actually, I don't, since I don't have a need for it.

[toupeiro]

I'd be curious to know its write speeds and its estimated shelf life.

a.k.a. I want to see something like this get RID of tape as an archival media once and for all.

[Lostincyberspace]

Tape is to old we need to just print the binary on paper and store it in a vacuum vault.

[HermanAB]

Imagine having to rip a thousand of those...

[SunnyRabbiera]

Yeh but give it like 10 years it will be the size of a everyday CD or DVD

[-grubby]

Imagine having to rip a thousand of those...

:lolflag:

[jflaker]

I remember only a few years ago having a 17-20MB hard disk and wondering if I was ever going to run out of space! 17-20MB now will barely do anyone any good! TB will be like MB's in the next few years.

[mellowd]

I remember only a few years ago having a 17-20MB hard disk and wondering if I was ever going to run out of space! 17-20MB now will barely do anyone any good! TB will be like MB's in the next few years.

We have recently installed a 48TB backup system for one of our customers. Do you know how heavy all those hd's are...

[Lostincyberspace]

To heavy for me. Was it 48 TB drives or some other combination.

[mellowd]

To heavy for me. Was it 48 TB drives or some other combination.

An 80% full rack of 750GB drives, all SCSI

[hessiess]

whats the point?, i ceep my hard drive cleen so the entire contence fits on 2 dvd's, minus the OS. i rilly dont see much point in having a storage device larger than 30 gig

[mellowd]

30GB? I have almost a terabyte and it's almost full. Tons of photos in RAW :D

[Lostincyberspace]

Or video it takes up a lot of space too.

[adam.tropics]

I remember only a few years ago having a 17-20MB hard disk and wondering if I was ever going to run out of space! 17-20MB now will barely do anyone any good! TB will be like MB's in the next few years.

Made me feel old! Remember it well!

[hessiess]

untill i get better at animating and make a short film i highly doubt if i will use more than 30 gig.

delite old files almost instantly
ceep vidieos on dvd's
backup on dvd
use oog for music, and dont have much music
delite traks i dont like
etc

[cookies]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holographic_versatile_disc

3.9 TB FTW

Or

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_optical_data_storage

This

So that disk you say seems small now. <_<

[mellowd]

To heavy for me. Was it 48 TB drives or some other combination.

Excuse the bad quality, taken on a camera phone. All 750GB's :)