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Comment by monocasa

18 hours ago

It's because magnetic storage where the drive bearings are separated from the media can be expected to sit on properly temperature controlled shelf for 50 years with next to no bit rot, in contrast to flash.

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kalcode  4 hours ago

Magnetic storage system are pretty cool, barium ferrite magnetic tapes being coated on them is interesting too

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