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'Writing is on the wall for spinning rust': IBM joins Pure Storage in claiming disk drives will go the way of the dodo in enterprises (www.techradar.com)
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[–] echodot@feddit.uk 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Right up until an EMP wipes out all our data. I still maintain that we should be storing all our data on vinyl, doing it physically is the only guarantee.

[–] patatahooligan@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Microsoft has project Silica where they store data in glass. Being electromagnetic field-proof is one of the stated goals.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

That's a WORM medium though, so really purely for storage. Which is still extremely useful of course.