what about this one for future backup

[Sven Seynaeve]

http://www.inphase-technologies.com/products/default.asp?tnn=3

3rd generation appears to have 120MB/s transfer rate, this is only about half the
speed of lto4, but with faster acces??

Does anyone know more about schedule on this,or when we could expect this third gen?

Hvd seems related to the development of this, they even claim to be capable putting 3.9TB on their disks, according some maxell press statements.

 

[Curran Giddens]

I like this technology, but it is still too expensive.

50-year shelf-life, random access, 4 levels of error correction, Write verification, and 300GB+ capacity. I think it costs like $20k though. Maybe someone could offer a service to backup data onto discs. Then, when prices come down, you could buy your own unit to access the data.

I know Silverado Silverado Systems was recently selected as an InPhase holographic storage partner.

From Silverado Newsletter - December 2007:

InPhase boasts numerous patents associated with its development of the Tapestry 300R drive, which stores 300 gigabytes (GB) of information on a single 5 ¼-inch disc, at a transfer rate of 160 megabits per second (Mb/s), to deliver the highest-capacity optical storage solution on the market.

In addition to high storage densities, fast transfer rates, and a 50-year shelf life, holographic storage is more cost-effective than tape or optical media, does not require special environmental controls, offers true write once/read many (WORM) performance, is easily integrated with asset management and archiving software, and records video exactly as originally recorded, adding no additional compression.

We are thrilled to be able to offer this new technology. More information to follow.

 

[Jeff Kilgroe]

InPhase is located pretty close to me (not that it means much), but I took a look at them a few months back. I guess you could say it's the next logical step for optical disc media. Personally, I'm not overly excited about it. It's slow and expensive. The discs have yet to show proven reliability.

I think once massively multi-layer NAND FLASH breaks out of the LAB, we'll see the end of the optical disc.