New optical tech could slash archival costs by 10x or even more Optera Data’s discs could hit 10TB for just $1 - cheaper than tape! The low-power, high-density storage has data centers in mind A ...

The N4B1, shown here at CES, is a network attached storage (NAS) device with a built-in Blu-ray writer for backups. The LG N4B1 isn’t going to get any attention because of its name.

Blu-ray and DVD drives are being kicked out of PCs, and finding a new life in data centers as storage that can retain data for up to 100 years.

CDs, solid state drives, and Blu-ray discs are well suited to handle most general data storage needs, but that increasingly isn’t the case for projects requiring massive amounts of digitized ...

By deploying cutting-edge lasers, scientists at the University of Southampton have achieved a 5D optical data storage breakthrough that offers both incredible density and long-term archiving ...

Toshiba, one of the leading companies behind HD DVD, announces a line-up of products using the rival, and now dominant, Blu-ray technology Written by Larry Dignan, Contributor Aug. 10, 2009, 9:37 ...

The new system, he explained, uses 10,000 Blu-ray discs at a time to store a petabyte of data. The system uses a robot arm to pluck specific discs from a large cartridge , each of which is held in ...

We could soon store 700 Terabytes on a 12-centimeter optical disk which would be equal to storing 28,000 Blu-ray disks. A separate advance with in data encoding could triple storage to 2.1 Petabytes ...

Technology '5D' storage could hold 10,000 times more data than a Blu-ray disc. An advanced version of the technology used to create DVDs and Blu-rays can store far more data, though it takes a while ...

A group of researchers have created a new type of optical storage device that is the same shape as a DVD or Blu-Ray disc but is capable of storing an incredible amount of data.

The Active Archive Appliance Enterprise Edition, or A3, utilizes Blu-ray media from Panasonic Industrial Co., which boosts the optical storage density in the appliance to 120TB per appliance.