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DVD-like optical disc could store 1.6 petabits (or 200 terabytes) on 100 layers (www.techspot.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Pressed optical discs will last a very long time. The lifetime of burned discs depends on the type of dye that's used to store the data. Many of the early CD-R's would get corrupted after a few years, but that was solved a long time ago.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

And then unsolved as of late by manufacturers cheaping out.