surfrock66@lemmy.world to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoDoes anyone else harvest the magnets and platters from old drives as a monument to selfhosting history?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square129fedilinkarrow-up1815arrow-down118
arrow-up1797arrow-down1imageDoes anyone else harvest the magnets and platters from old drives as a monument to selfhosting history?lemmy.worldsurfrock66@lemmy.world to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square129fedilink
minus-square Morphit @feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 months agoUsually aluminium or glass. There’s a metallic coating applied to the outside surfaces that stores the data. That layer is very thin though, so most of the material is the substrate.
Usually aluminium or glass. There’s a metallic coating applied to the outside surfaces that stores the data. That layer is very thin though, so most of the material is the substrate.