Boffins take the long view on digital storage
Computer scientists have unveiled details of a project to develop technology for the long-term storage of digital data.
“The problem is how to build a large-scale data storage system to last 50 to 100 years,” said Ethan Miller, associate professor of computer science at the Baskin School of Engineering at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Miller’s group has come up with a new approach to replace technologies such as tape libraries.
The Pergamum technology uses hard disk drives to provide energy-efficient and cost-effective storage.
Source: Information World Review