One drawback of these types of storage media is that they can only be written to once
At this density, depending on the price, it wouldn’t be that big a deal even for temporary data. Virtually any data you put on the drive will be Insignificant. You can simply discard the old data, perhaps nulling it out, and continue along.
You could write the equivalent of current gen SSDs every single day for years and not run out of space.
Seems like a great solution for archiving large amounts of data.
Reminds me of this one concept I’ve heard about where we can get rid of database instability by making CRUD systems into just CR systems. Meaning we just never update or delete existing data, which in turn requires lots of storage space.
How do I get them at home? My NAS needs an upgrade.
Buy some laser pointers and a coffee mug. Put a tiny disco ball in the mug hanging on a string. Spin it and point the laser pointers at it. Recite Pi while you do it.
