[Tig] Archiving (was Re: Holographic Drive at NAB)

[Jeff Kreines]

On Apr 23, 2008, at 10:22 AM, timothy norman huber wrote:

> Like many startups ;-)  they are promising more capacity and greater
> speed in their roadmap.  That, and a ship date...

I thing the big attraction to InPhase is data density and the fact  
they don't use dyes -- the laser just burns directly into the  
polycarbonate.  Also, the disk doesn't "spin" -- it rotates to  
different positions and a page is etched into it.  This might  
simplify recovery of data in the future without having the actual  
drive, though it doesn't sound easy.

My bet is the future is some sort of little cube filled with  
holographs -- no moving parts, just lots of layers.  But obviously  
the InPhase format is based on reusing existing robotic systems,  
which is smart.  They are ex-Bell Labs-Lucent people, with lots of  
patents -- not pikers.  But whether it works or not depends on  
getting enough market saturation to make sure there are enough drives  
out there.

Great idea, needs to be lots cheaper I think.

Jeff "and it's faster than tape" Kreines