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BinderDundat:
I once saw an estimate (admittedly about 10 years back) that the entire library of Congress could be stored in about 3 Terabytes.  The only problem is getting the data onto the disk.  Optical scanning is still far from 100% reliable and entry by hand would take decades or even centuries for proper data verification.  Then there is the question of retrieving information hidden in such a vast haystack.  Hopefully, the creators of disks with such capacities would index the information somehow.  You've heard of RoboHelp?  Well we need a RoboIndex function.  Google Desktop Search?  Maybe an index based on GDS could be included with the disk?  I recall seeing an announcement that a prototype of the terabyte disks would be available by early next year.  Unfortunately, it can only hold 300 Gb! 

f0dder:
You wouldn't/shouldn't use optical discs for a massive data collection, imho... better to use a massively redundant RAID.

Armando:
You wouldn't/shouldn't use optical discs for a massive data collection, imho... better to use a massively redundant RAID.
-f0dder (September 23, 2007, 03:41 PM)
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I agree!
Optical media : good for multiple backup of archives, maybe (and only if it's cost effective)
I've opted for Hard Drives ONLY after having too many problems (speed + data loss) with optical media.

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