QuentinCallaghan ( QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz ) to TechnologyEnglish · 3 years agoMicrosoft Repositions 7TB 'Project Silica' Glass Media as a Cloud Storage Solutionwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square17linkfedilinkarrow-up163
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minus-squareReadyUser30 ( ReadyUser30@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 years 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-squarepbjamm ( pbjamm@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 years agoSome current HDD platters are already made of glass or ceramic.
minus-squareMicromot ( Micromot@feddit.de ) linkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 years agoI would think it’s just not made for portable use but for storing data at a data center
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.
Some current HDD platters are already made of glass or ceramic.
I would think it’s just not made for portable use but for storing data at a data center