http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/ Engadget Comments for InPhase to finally ship Tapestry 300r holographic storage solution in May http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2010 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/Apr 27th 2008 7:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/Apr 27th 2008 7:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/
Once everyone has Blu Ray disks, they won't feel that upgrading to Terrabyte Holographic discs is neccessary, unless they want to get the most out of their Ultra High Definition Televisions.

Fortunately, Playstation 4 will be the cheapest HG-DVD player around at a smooth $800.]]>Apr 27th 2008 8:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/
However, I don't see why anyone would buy this product now. Think about it: the cost for this is $18000 + $180 per 300GB...why would anyone spend that when you can pick up a 500GB hard drive for £40? I'm not sure what the retention time of a hard drive is, but it can't be far off 50 years when used for archive. Not only are HDs cheaper, but they've got better R/W times too.

Exactly who is this product aimed at?
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Because hard drives fail. And so do you.]]>Apr 27th 2008 9:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/
For $180 I could raid 5 your ass..then use the change to raid 1 your mother's ass.

Plus, hard drive failure rates are well known. These disks have a great big ? when it comes to real-world failures, and when it's reliability that gets you hot, a ? is the last thing you want.]]>Apr 27th 2008 10:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/Apr 27th 2008 11:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/Apr 27th 2008 1:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/
*ch-chunk ch-chunk ch-chunk*

Yeah... it still reads but a fair bit slower when it's clunking like that, I have RMA'ed them and waiting for the pickup, but it demonstrates quite well why you shouldn't trust HDDs for archives and backup :)

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If the manufacturer had burnt them in properly the dodgy ones wouldn't get passed on to you. Or me for that matter - i've lost 2 disks in the last 3 years.

I still don't see why they can't be used for archive though. Get a few well-made (and well burnt-in) disks and use a parity scheme across a few of them. They only need to run for a few weeks while you back up, then they can be stashed offsite until they're needed. Of course they're probably bulkier and more expensive than things like DLT, but certainly less than holographic (for the next few years at least).]]>Apr 27th 2008 7:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/
If you're a consumer, use frickin hard drives. Redundancy is the key. Make multiple backups, and put the disk back in the anti-static bag. In 5 years you'll be able to store a lot more than 300GB on your Mozy or .mac account.]]>Apr 28th 2008 3:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/Still, if i could i'd get one.

Anyone know how fast would it transfer at. ]]>Apr 27th 2008 7:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/]]>Apr 27th 2008 7:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/]]>Apr 27th 2008 7:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/
OK, thanks for that, but why would they announce the release of a product when it doesn't even know if it works.]]>Apr 27th 2008 7:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/Apr 27th 2008 8:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/Apr 27th 2008 7:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/Keep your pants on.]]>Apr 27th 2008 7:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/Apr 27th 2008 9:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/Apr 27th 2008 9:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/
1. The wealthier you are the cheaper this thing seems.
2. It looks like a 1.4MB Floppy Disk, but bigger.
3. It can talk.
4. It has a multi integrated nano weaponry system.
5. It is made of Holodyoum.
6. Strangely enough, it doesn't cause cancer!
7. It produces food.
8. Produced under Dubai standards.
9. If you use it well, you might finally meet a real unicorn. (Make sure to stand under it when it is falling).]]>Apr 27th 2008 7:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/Apr 27th 2008 7:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/Apr 27th 2008 8:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/Apr 27th 2008 9:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/
Isn't this what they said about the early CDs? Evidence please!

Can someone who is alive in about 50 years and who is still using one of these things please post an update!

On the other hand they may actually be right, but I'll be happy enough with just 10 years.

On another note, when they were first talking about these things and how much storage they were going to deliver, I was seriously impressed.
Fast forward to now, and they have delivered exactly what they said they would - around 300 GB ... and nobody is really impressed. Least of all my current hard drive.

As Crocodile Dundee would have said:
Call that a drive? ... 300 Petabytes ... now thats what you call a holographic drive!
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Here are my backup precautions:

Fire = Blu-Ray in a fire-proof safe
Failed HDD = 2 redundant external backups
Burglars who steal my PC, safe and external drives = .357 Magnum]]>Apr 27th 2008 3:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/http://www.amazon.com/gp/browse.html?node=16427261]]>Apr 27th 2008 4:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/
Finalist for understatement of the year.]]>Apr 27th 2008 8:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/Thank you (insert name)
thank you very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very,
very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very much.
Thats just the beginning




(The Office joke)
(Dwight Series 2)]]>Apr 27th 2008 9:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/Apr 27th 2008 9:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/Apr 27th 2008 9:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/Apr 27th 2008 9:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/
...You're not my Guy, fwend!]]>Apr 27th 2008 11:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/
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As you were.]]>Apr 27th 2008 9:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/Apr 27th 2008 9:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/
Is your life about making other people lives hard. Calm down, just because someone added an extra 0 doesnt me you have to go and tell them to Read the Fu*king article.
God. take a f***ing chill pill.

(Mind my french)
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Here, take this +1 for my gratitude.]]>Apr 27th 2008 10:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/Apr 28th 2008 1:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/
I don't know. I just don't know.]]>Apr 27th 2008 9:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/
20MB/s-120 MB/s transfer rate and milliseconds data access time

50 year media archive life

...

They have a little work to do...]]>Apr 27th 2008 9:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/27/inphase-to-finally-ship-tapestry-300r-holographic-storage-soluti/
seriously it looks like they had Dull design it and reused some dreamweaver box art from the 90's. Evidently they thought the technology would sell itself though i guess its prettier than the cardboard box I live in. ]]>Apr 27th 2008 9:47AM