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Holographic Storage Slated to Hit Market This Fall

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the just-in-time-for-christmas dept.

prostoalex writes "The Guardian takes a look at the current developments in the world of holographic storage. Despite being available in research for over 40 years, the technology is getting commercialized only now, with InPhase Technologies launching its 600 GB write-once disk and a drive this fall. What avout the price? "The first holographic products are certainly not mass-market — a 600GB disc will cost around $180 (£90), and the drive costs about $18,000. Potential users include banks, libraries, government agencies and corporations.""

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  1. Good thinking by niceone · · Score: 5, Funny

    InPhase Technologies launching its 600 GB write-once disk and a drive this fall

    Good thinking. I mean, if they were launching the disk without the drive (or even the other way round) it would be a lot less likely to succeed.

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    1. Re:Good thinking by islanduniverse · · Score: 5, Funny

      I think the 600Gb storage capacity is a dead giveaway...

  2. It is all about data transfer speed... by ZombieEngineer · · Score: 5, Interesting

    From the article: Holographic storage offers extremely fast data transfer rates - currently up to 160Mbit/sec, though there are plans to increase this. When you have a multi-Terabyte system to backup AND verify within a short window (say 4 hours), speed trumps price just about every time. What is the cost of NOT having a backup? ZombieEngineer