Hitachi claims glass data storage will last millions of years

The Register ^ | 24th September 2012 19:21 GMT | Iain Thomson in San Francisco

[NativeSon]

It seems to me that the harder challenge is flagging these plates as actually containing information. You can hardly expect READ.ME to stay unchanged for millennia.

Back in 80's I read paper on a similar topic, basically, how to identify something for the far future.

What needed to be identified - long life radio active waste sites. Some material have a really, really long half-life.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

LOL!!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Well I thought the ad was good....

[Vince Ferrer]

Back in 80's I read paper on a similar topic, basically, how to identify something for the far future.

Put it on the moon with a big magnetic field pointing to it.

[NativeSon]

that’ll surely keep people away

[Road Glide]

“But, in 100 years will you descendants be able to view the images on a DVD you made?

The answer is no, because the silver DVDs most people use to archive pictures/movies/etc to will deteriorate before then. Even the expensive “gold” DVDs will be at best marginal at that point.”

They will if they use this media instead:
http://millenniata.com/

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

It seems that once again, Sci-fi is acting as the R & D division for modern IT.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Thanks....at newegg:

Millenniata GIFT - M-DISC Single Promotional Pack

Looks like LG makes a Writer that can burn to the disc:

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Engrave only on LG Drives with M-DISC logo and M-WRITER Drives

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Found this:

3D Blu-ray Disc Playback & M-DISC Support

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

From the Details at Newegg...see my post just above.

***************************NEWEGG Detail on LG external drive*****************************

3D Blu-ray Disc Playback & M-DISC Support>

Enter a world of entertainment that rivals reality as you playback stunning 3D Blu-ray discs. Blu-ray Disc is the next generation in optical storage, offering 25GB and 50GB of storage capacity on a disc. Compared to other recordable DVDs on the market today, MDISC offers superior reliability in data storage that provides the permanent optical data storage solution.

[Marine_Uncle]

"...we need to begin immediately to buid a large pyramid in..."
Will hammers be permitted in the pyramid? :}

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Not in the Archive room.

[TexasRepublic]

Physical engraving is a great thing, but I have serious doubts about the longevity of the polycarbonate base. For example, I started buying premium Telarc audio CD’s in 1985. They have been stored in cabinets away from light and where the room temperature never exceeds 75 degrees F. Yet, several have completely cracked, radially, from rim to spindle hole while sitting securely in their cases. I would have more confidence in the archival qualities of glass-substrate disks — just don’t drop them!

[Marine_Uncle]

"Not in the Archive room."
First a LOL, then a ROLF.