• GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.org
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      Yes, the CeraByte web site is suspiciously devoid of any mention of rewrite-ability (or lack thereof). They just mention reading and writing. https://www.cerabyte.com/how-it-works/

      More questions than answers, looking through their web site.

      After a few minutes of duckduckgoing it, it looks like they are a new company still in the funding phase. They are due to present at the Storage Developer Conference later this month, but I’m not sure they actually have a product yet. https://storagedeveloper.org/events/agenda/session/527

      In the abstract they focus on cold storage, but also mention “the ability to fully recycle the media”.

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        That’s not nothing though. Use cases like YouTube or archival work absolutely had a use case for read only

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          For sure. Also, if the density is sufficiently high compared to alternatives, it could be objectively better anyway. For instance, a typical SSD is rated for less than 1000 full write cycles. So if I have a write-once media with more than 1000 times the space, I’ll be able to write more to it even in the worst-case scenario.

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            Huh, pair that with some quality memory for indexing and it would be a pretty good home backup device

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              All you need is an electron beam microscope. Simple home setup. I don’t see this coming to home users in the near and semi- near future.

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          In the film industry, long term storage of digital films is a real issue. Disney still creates a technicolor (3strip) copy of their films as digital data isn’t as reliable as good old silver emulation.

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          Depending on necessary speed, Tape Drives fit that use case pretty well. This feels like it could be a slight improvement on that format, but it’ll entirely depend on density

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      It makes sense from a layman’s perspective on why it can’t be rewritten, but this is really just a single write storage mechanism. May be really good for archival data, but anything that needs active use is probably far from feasible