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What this amounts to is a tape changing robot that changes CDs. Or a CD changer. The difference being that the DVDs here are super thin. I would imagine that would be like getting 100 9.4GB hard drives together. Wonder what the failure rate on a device like that would be?

If the device presents the storage as 1 TB to the computer, then it is spreading the data across the disks. How much data would be lost when one disk is lost?

If the device presents the 100 DVDs as individual storage, then it's a waste of time for anything other than archival. And even then, it's questionable archival as you are continually subjecting the dvd disks to the heat, vibration, and airflow of the drive unit itself. It would also be fairly slow, with the possibility of drive contention for accessing data that was split between more than 2-3 discs.

I think by the time this device comes to market, you can do alot more with hard drives with $340 US.]]>Apr 20th 2006 3:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/20/hitachi-maxell-1tb-svod-optical-disc-cart/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/20/hitachi-maxell-1tb-svod-optical-disc-cart/Apr 20th 2006 3:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/20/hitachi-maxell-1tb-svod-optical-disc-cart/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/20/hitachi-maxell-1tb-svod-optical-disc-cart/Apr 22nd 2006 1:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/20/hitachi-maxell-1tb-svod-optical-disc-cart/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/20/hitachi-maxell-1tb-svod-optical-disc-cart/Apr 22nd 2006 5:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/20/hitachi-maxell-1tb-svod-optical-disc-cart/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/20/hitachi-maxell-1tb-svod-optical-disc-cart/Sep 2nd 2006 6:49PM