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

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (3 children)

proceeds to drop the hard drive

"Well... shit."

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year 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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

proceeds to drop the off site data center

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

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago

The metal platters, if not literally sliced with a chainsaw or drilled down, can be removed and read for data access, the glass cannot.