M-DISC

By:

Sagar Janagonda

• Millenniata : Permanent data storage technology company

• HQ : Lehi, USA

• Founders : Barry Lunt, Matthew R. Linford, Douglas Hansen

• CEO : Scott Shumway

M-DISC

• The M-DISC is the first ever permanent file backup disc that lasts for 1000 years.

• Millenniata’s M-Disc is made of a stone-like substance.

• Its inorganic, synthetic materials will preserve important information forever.

• M-DISCs are the perfect medium for storing business records, data protection, permanent data backup, data security and government files.

• Storage Capacity: 4.7GB

100,000 documents,

1200 photos,

3 hours of video.

• Data will never suffer from decay or natural degradation.

• M-DISC is compatible with any DVD player.

• M-Discs can’t be burnt with our current DVD burner.• The discs must be written by an M-compatible DVD drive, but

can be read by any existing DVD drive.

• Existing disc technologies write data using an organic dye layer that begins to experience “data rot” immediately after it’s written, causing the disc to become unreadable after a certain amount of time.

• The M-Disc, on the other hand, actually carves your data into “rock-like materials” that are known to last for centuries, meaning there’s no data rot.

• The M-DISC undergoes a permanent physical change that does not fade. Typical DVDs and CDs use dyes that break down over time resulting in corrupt and lost data.

Data layer is composed entirely of inorganic materials and

compounds including metals and Metalloids.

The inorganic data layer materials undergo a physical change

during the write process.

Intense heat generated causes the innermost layers to melt and

to move away from the laser spot, creating a hole in the data

Layer.

The organic dyes used in typical DVD-recordable discs would

merely decompose under the same thermal conditions.

Difference Between M-DISC NORMAL DVD

Utilizes chemically stable and heat-resistant materials .

Not Used.

Data cannot be overwritten. Data can be overwritten.

Recording process utilizes higher temperature.

Recording process utilizes lower temperature.

Disc is capable to prevent loss of data in humidity & high temperature.

Normal CDs and DVDs face loss of data in humidity & in high temperature.

It cannot be burn in normal writers. It can be burn in normal writers.

Price: $3 (Indian Rs.140) Price: Rs.15

Testing Conducted by US DoD

M Ready Technology

Millenniata, in collaboration with LG, has produced a new optical

drive technology offering you the widest capabilities of any drive.

All the LG drives that we offer are capable of reading and writing

to the M-DISC.

LG loves the technology so much that all their new drives in

2012 will be able to burn M-DISCs.

• GH22NS90-M• LG Internal DVD Rewriter

Key Features• Replaces standard desktop

drive• Internal SATA Interface• 22x DVD±R Read Speed• Max. 22x DVD±R Write

Speed• M-DISC, DVD, CD

Compatible

• CP40NG10• Portable Blu-ray Disc Drive

Key Features• Portable Blu-ray Disc Drive• Connects via USB 2.0• 6x BD-R Read Speed• Max. 6x DVD±R Write Speed• M-DISC, BD, DVD, CD

Compatible

Features & Advantages

• Permanently stores digital information• Backwards compatible – readable in current DVD drives• Eliminates costly “data rotation”• Archived at the point of origin• Relaxed storage requirements• Green technology – store it and forget it

References

• http://www.millenniata.com• http://wikipedia.org

Thank you