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Re:Fujifilm Created a Magnetic Tape That Can Store 580 Terab... by jaynetics on Monday December 28, 2020 @05:41PM (#25564118)
I love this thought, but have some doubts.

So far, storage is still following something resembling Moores law, but it will probably hit physical limits way before a year of youtube (probably 30 of these new tapes or so) fits into your hand.

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Re:Fujifilm Created a Magnetic Tape That Can Store 580 Terab... by barbacoa on Monday December 28, 2020 @06:46PM (#25564749)
HDDs are hitting physical limits, SSDs still have growing room. You can already buy 100 TB SSDs.

https://www.newegg.com/nimbus-data-dc-100tb/p/2U3-002M-00004

Following Moore's law of 2x density per 18 months, in 10 years we will see single drives of:

100 tb * 2^(10 years/1.5) = 10,159 TB

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