holographic disks as replacement for tape?  doesn't sound too shabby...
 
currently 300GB disks @ 27MB/sec, and it's random access.
 
Roadmap to 1.6TB per disk
 
http://www.computerworld.com/hardwaretopics/storage/story/0,10801,106288,00.html
 
 


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