surfrock66@lemmy.world to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoDoes anyone else harvest the magnets and platters from old drives as a monument to selfhosting history?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square128fedilinkarrow-up1805arrow-down119
arrow-up1786arrow-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 · 2 years agomessage-square128fedilink
minus-square Morphit @feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years 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.