The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 4 months agoResearchers have developed a Very Big Disc™ that can store up to 200 terabytes of data and may represent a return to optical media for long term storagewww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1325arrow-down14
arrow-up1321arrow-down1external-linkResearchers have developed a Very Big Disc™ that can store up to 200 terabytes of data and may represent a return to optical media for long term storagewww.pcgamer.comThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square44fedilink
minus-squareMagicShel@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoAt these sizes, you could have one or two error correction layers within the disc to let you read the data through errors. I’d be surprised if that isn’t the case. Sacrificing 1-2% of the storage space for better reliability is an obvious trade-off.
At these sizes, you could have one or two error correction layers within the disc to let you read the data through errors. I’d be surprised if that isn’t the case. Sacrificing 1-2% of the storage space for better reliability is an obvious trade-off.