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

A massive new system from Sony called Everspan is a collection of optical drives that can store up to 181 petabytes of data. The system can expand to 55 feet in length and contain hundreds of Blu-ray-like drives.

The system will be used for long-term storage of data that isn’t modified often, or information that businesses feel need to be retained for specific reasons. Everspan was announced and shown for the first time at the Open Compute Project (OCP) U.S. Summit 2016 this week, and will start shipping to customers in July.

To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here