Is DNA the Future of Archival Data Storage?

Is DNA the future of archival data storage? Archival data storage currently requires vast amounts of storage space and resources to keep the data accessible, and we're running out of both. When stored properly, DNA can last reliably for thousands of years with little to no power consumption or need for maintenance/refreshing.

To learn more about this exciting technology, we have created an introductory playlist on DNA Data Storage where you’ll find:

The Looming Need for Molecular Storage

Hear a hyperscale vendor’s perspective on the dramatic growth in data storage requirements due to digitization across all realms of business and society, how current storage technologies will be challenged due to these trends, and how DNA data storage offers a potential solution to the scaling problem.

DNA Data Storage Alliance – Building a DNA Data Storage Ecosystem

The industry needs a new storage medium that is more dense, durable, sustainable, and cost effective to cope with the future growth of archival data. Learn some basics about DNA data storage, how it is evolving in practice, and what the DNA Data Storage Alliance is doing to help build an interoperable DNA data storage ecosystem for this compelling technology.

The DNA Data Storage Rosetta Stone Initiative

One of the challenges of any long-term archival storage is being able to recover the data after possibly decades or longer. Hear about the Rosetta Stone project and how it will enable a standard means to “bootstrap” into a DNA-based data archive.

DNA Data Storage: Coding and Decoding, an Experience from a Brazilian Research Center

Learn about coding and decoding techniques using DNA data storage, and the experience of running the full DNA data storage pipeline.

Get settled in for an interesting weekend lesson on DNA data storage.

View the playlist on Youtube or watch all below.