More than Meets the Eye

The Open Compute Project, Microsoft’s data storage on glass, and standardized protocol structures for the IoT era are pioneering open storage technologies for future-proof hardware and software that make storage systems more durable, more manageable, and easier to repair.

Ariane Rüdiger

The unabated growth of data that requires higher density data carriers has made storage one of the most exciting IT topics. Hard disks and solid-state disks (SSDs) have to be replaced every five years or so, creating mountains of electronic waste. Most of these components end up in the shredder for data protection reasons. Microsoft, for example, claims that it scraps millions of hard drives every year, which is not compatible with the company’s ambitious environmental goals of offsetting all carbon emissions completely in just a few years. This goal is unlikely to occur without improved storage. The proposed solution is Microsoft glass. Another solution proposed by the Italian protocol manufacturer ZettaScale is the Zenoh data protocol. Old Tech Tape, although considerably more durable than hard disks, SSDs, and flash…

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