www.dead-donkey.com
https://forum.dead-donkey.com/

1TB disk on its way
https://forum.dead-donkey.com/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=17446		 Page 1 of 1
Author:  antropomorphic [ Sun Mar 09, 2008 10:42 pm ]
Post subject:  1TB disk on its way
Image

Tiny huge 1 terrabyte optical disk

It is called the TeraDisk and it is really small, like a ordinary CD/DVD. But it’s really huge in terms of space. 1 TB (1000 GB). How can this be done? The process is easy (or not). All existing optical media record data on semitransparent layers. A regular CD has 1 layer and a Blu-Ray disk has up to 8. The reason nobody can add more layers on a regular CD/DVD/Blu-Ray disk is because when the light passes through these layers it becomes distorted and by the time it reaches the final layers it becomes almost impossible to read/write on the disk.

Image

TeraDisk achieved the 1TB limit by using 200 layers, each storing 5GB of data. So basically the data support stay the same (TeraDisk will be made out of the same plexiglas like material used in other disks) but the write/read laser technology is completely new. They say it’s going to be cheap and it will be available for the public in 2010.

Source : The_Tech_Don

http://thetechdon.com/tiny-huge-1-terra ... ical-disk/

bye bye blue ray :suicide:
Author:  spudthedestroyer [ Sun Mar 09, 2008 10:46 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: 1TB disk on its way
£200-500 coaster more like :lol:

For me optical media has been dead for over a year, its unreliable, prone to a very short lifespan and deeply affected by system load, etc. In terms of storage, HDD is much better, and in terms of mobile medium, i think as soon as someone cracks the flash card route its going to completely replace the paradigm of "spinning a disc and shooting light at it", since well, its a wasteful and highly inefficient way of storing and retreiving data.

My 2cents anyway
Author:  antropomorphic [ Sun Mar 09, 2008 10:53 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: 1TB disk on its way
I totally agree, I store all my shit on hdd's too, & with the size of usbkeys getting bigger & the price getting cheaper, I have no doubt that in the end we'll be going back to (some from of) cartridge again

I'm totally for the idea of movies coming on cards like bank cards
Author:  BadBugs [ Sun Mar 09, 2008 11:57 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: 1TB disk on its way
I certainly wouldnt want to back up several hundred films onto a plastic disk.

Recent occurances of cyclic redundancy check error on old disks have been irritating & thats only 4.5gig disks, imaging losing 1TB :o
Author:  Geezus [ Mon Mar 10, 2008 10:27 am ]
Post subject:  Re: 1TB disk on its way
BadBugs wrote:
I certainly wouldnt want to back up several hundred films onto a plastic disk.

Recent occurances of cyclic redundancy check error on old disks have been irritating & thats only 4.5gig disks, imaging losing 1TB :o


Then you shouldn't have been cheap buying crap media.
All my 5 year old dvdr's work fine .

Keep them out of the damm sunlight.
1 afternoon in fierce sunlight ~ 1 year off it's life


Spud wrote:
In terms of storage, HDD is much better, and in terms of mobile medium, i think as soon as someone cracks the flash card route its going to completely replace the paradigm of "spinning a disc and shooting light at it", since well, its a wasteful and highly inefficient way of storing and retreiving data.


Get with the times you old fart :P

http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn13426-quantum-dot-memory-may-be-holy-grail-of-computing.html

Usually takes about 5 years from lab to storeshelf.
But by then we'll be drooling over something else on some drawing board won't we ?.
Author:  spudthedestroyer [ Mon Mar 10, 2008 1:59 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: 1TB disk on its way
Quote:
All my 5 year old dvdr's work fine .


i call bullshit on that my friend, i have some verbs with CRCs after a couple of years. I don't believe you when you say all your discs are fine; logic, experience and the reality of firing light at a spinning object says no :(
Author:  George Tatum [ Mon Mar 10, 2008 3:07 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: 1TB disk on its way
Is a HD that has been used as a primary drive for the last 3-4 years OK to use for storage or would you recommend virgin discs?
Author:  spudthedestroyer [ Mon Mar 10, 2008 3:11 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: 1TB disk on its way
George Tatum wrote:
Is a HD that has been used as a primary drive for the last 3-4 years OK to use for storage or would you recommend virgin discs?


I have done, but my failed drives have been primarily maxtors and my advice would be not to put ANYTHING on one of those, new or old :lol:

As long as you treat it well i don't see why not, do a disc scan on it for bad sectors and keep it in good conditions and you should not have any problems. Make and model is important though.
Author:  George Tatum [ Mon Mar 10, 2008 5:29 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: 1TB disk on its way
It's a Western Digital, I forget the model no, ~250GB IIRC.
Author:  spudthedestroyer [ Mon Mar 10, 2008 5:35 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: 1TB disk on its way
should have no problems with it then, just make sure its not knocked around and kept in nominal conditions (stick it in anti-static bag :) )
Page 1 of 1 All times are UTC [ DST ]
What's blood for, if not for shedding?