surfrock66@lemmy.world to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoDoes anyone else harvest the magnets and platters from old drives as a monument to selfhosting history?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square130fedilinkarrow-up1812arrow-down117
arrow-up1795arrow-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 · 5 months agomessage-square130fedilink
minus-square Morphit @feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 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.