Magneto-Optical Technology @ The TechZone

Matt Lincoln Russell (Lincoln) TechZone explains MO storage systems and their uses.

April 27, 2006 11:48 AM ET in News,

TechZone explains MO storage systems and their uses.

Magneto-Optical storage systems have been around for quite some time but have not penetrated the consumer market like the average 3.5″ hard drive has. Medical institutions, US military facilities, and many businesses use the MO technology to reliably backup important documents as additional and preventative measures for retaining confidential information. However, the average consumer has historically not purchased MO technology to benefit their own storage system.

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1 Comment:

  1. drasnor
    27 Apr '06, 7:46 pm

    Let's face it, MO sucks for most everyone. It's only real advantage is that it lasts a long time but few people (government agencies?) need that level of longevity. Portable flash drives are much cheaper and faster than MO drives and offer similar capacities. Optical media offers greater capacities and acceptable longevity. Hard drives hold lots of data.

    MO had a prayer back in the day when MO disks were comparable in capacity to hard drives and the only other writable removable media was floppy drives. Since no one could agree on a standard, everyone went every direction (LS-120/240, Zip, Sygate) and none were compatible with each other. Zip did pretty well but its successors (Zip250, Jazz) didn't really catch on because CD recorders started getting affordable. Why pay $60 per cartridge when you can get disposable WORM media for $0.50 per disc? Flash drives are the last nail in the coffin.

    -drasnor

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