How long can you expect your Blu-ray and DVD collection to last?

For those of you clinging to a collection of DVDs and Blu-rays, the longevity of these discs can be quite long when proper ...
CRN

GE Unveils 500-GB, Holographic Disc Storage Technology

The technology, developed by GE Global Research, the technology development arm of the General Electric Co., differs from current optical storage such as Blu-ray and DVD, which store data only on the ...
VentureBeat

Facebook’s data storage breakthrough: a huge box of Blu-ray discs

SAN JOSE, Calif. — When you think of Blu-ray, you think of movies on a disc. You don’t think of a data center. But Facebook executives saw beyond that minor detail. Facebook has worked with a vendor ...
New Atlas

5D data storage technology offers 10,000 times the density of Blu-ray

The technology is what is known as five-dimensional (5)D optical storage and it is one the University of Southampton team has been pursuing for a while. It was first demonstrated back in 2013, with ...
PC World

Facebook uses 10,000 Blu-ray discs to store ‘cold’ data

If you thought Netflix and iTunes would make optical discs a thing of the past, think again. Facebook has built a storage system from 10,000 Blu-ray discs that holds a petabyte of data and is highly ...