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So how many petabytes of data do you produce in 3 days then?

• dylan604 3y ago
  The amount of data isn't the point. The point is the time it takes to write. The point is it is a shite physical format for purpose. Something susceptible to scratches and other issues that shiny round discs are prone to just makes it a bad idea
  • wizzwizz4 3y ago
    > Something susceptible to scratches If a DVD gets scratched, that'll buff right out. If a drive platter gets scratched, goodbye data! If you don't want it scratched, put it in a caddy. Caddy-load disc drives have been around for years. Your concerns about scratches are valid for really old technology, like CED, but I don't think those were ever made writeable.
  • crazygringo 3y ago
    We're talking about a hypothetical product anyways, so how would you know how much time it took to write? When you're trying to figure out a format to archive all your source footage in once you're finished with a project, ultra-high capacity optical media could be fantastic -- it's not going to fail catastrophically like hard drives do, and the assumption is that it's far cheaper too. As well as taking up less space. And for archiving stuff, who cares if it's a bit slower, as long as you can just leave a copy operation running overnight or something? And scratches are a non-issue for archival. Discs are kept in cases or caddies. And basic scratches can be fixed anyways. We're not talking about teenagers throwing loose CD's in their glove compartment here.