Microsoft plans to use technology developed as part of the initiative to record large volumes of music Project Silica, the company begins test recordings on quartz plates. We will remind you that within the confines of this project, earlier researchers were able to write on small quartz glass. 75.6 terabytes of data.
Why quartz?
Although magnetic tape is still considered the best for information archiving, it is not as reliable as quartz media, according to a press release posted on the project’s website.
It is noted that such plates can be:
- to bake,
- boiling,
- scratching,
- to pollute,
- to influence electromagnetic radiation and other factors without losing the information written on the glass.
Where is the Global Music Vault hidden?
The Warehouse is planned to be built in Norway, where the Global Seed Vault or Doomsday Warehouse currently contains: 1145693 “spare” seeds from all over the world.
In addition, the location in Norway is considered one of the safest places on the planet due to the geological features of the country itself and its moderate geopolitical activity.
Global Seed Vault / Photo Project Silica / Microsoft
Learn more about storage and how to store data
The size of each quartz slab is 75×75 mm, the thickness is 2 millimeters. you can write on it Up to 100GB of data. Data is added using lasers that create a three-dimensional mini-relief on the plate. Polarized light is required to obtain information, and the machine method will help decode the signal.
According to the organizers of the project, data can be stored “thousands of years”. Especially in 2019, Microsoft successfully coded and decoded the original version of “Superman” owned by Warner Brothers.
Source: 24 Tv
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