QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agoMicrosoft Repositions 7TB 'Project Silica' Glass Media as a Cloud Storage Solutionwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down10
arrow-up18arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft Repositions 7TB 'Project Silica' Glass Media as a Cloud Storage Solutionwww.tomshardware.comQuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-squareReadyUser30@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoPresumably you can store the glass in a metal case with some padding? It’s not gonna be much more fragile than a hard drive.
minus-squareMicromot@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI would think it’s just not made for portable use but for storing data at a data center
minus-squarepbjamm@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoSome current HDD platters are already made of glass or ceramic.
Presumably you can store the glass in a metal case with some padding? It’s not gonna be much more fragile than a hard drive.
I would think it’s just not made for portable use but for storing data at a data center
Some current HDD platters are already made of glass or ceramic.