Holographic storage
Wow... Turner Broadcasting is about to invest in a holographic storage system for storing and playing video (movies, commercials, TV shows etc).
The discs hold about 600 GB now, and are supposedly going to be able to hold about 1.6TB each by 2008, and yet cost only $100 each. Holy crap! :D
posted by Lee H. @ Thursday, November 24, 2005
6 Comments:
....MAN.
That's all there really is to say.
MAN.
That's a good point... I don't recall what was standard HD size 3 years ago, but I do remember when I put in my 100GB drive about 5 years ago, people laughed. :D
This was a fascinating article. I could sell to Turner Broadcasting, as they're obviously on their feed over there. It's wonderful to me, almost giggle-ishiously so, to read an article where IT managers are actually planning and thinking strategically (the kind of mentality necessary to look successfully at my technology). Ugh. So these things are discs? Hmmm. They sound fast. They do not sound RW, however, are they? Are we talking huge amounts of disc arrays? What has Turner done with Deep Blue, the computer they bought that formerly beat Kasparov? Or am I smoking crack? Mmmm, crack.
samwz
All I know is what's in the article. I suspect they're not RW, which is probably okay, since the idea is to hold these movies and etc forever. (Just guessing.)
The IBMs CNN bought are being used to store 25 years of news footage, which is still being digitized and will take another 6 or 7 years to finish, we're told. Within the year, though, we'll be able to import video right to our edit system from the library rather than having to walk over there and pull a tape.
Hmm. All these millions spent to prevent Lee from having to walk around? Dude, what kind of clout do you have down there at CNN?? Ha. Personally all that walking around is the best way to see people you only know peripherally and remind them of your existence. And the best way to catch the lobby action which always seems to be adding another flag. I think Dunkin' Donuts needs to open a franchise, otherwise soon, no one will leave their offices anymore!
myjfilg
Hey, that does sound like it... nice find! :)
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