The Future of Backups Is Weirder Than You Think

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Data backup, disaster recovery, and cyber resilience are evolving faster than most people realise — and the technology on the horizon is genuinely wild.

In this episode, Alex Wells-Linder (Cyber Security Analyst) and Matt Parker (Infrastructure Engineer) explore where backups are headed: from AI-powered recovery systems that diagnose problems before you even know they exist, to the surprising comeback of tape storage, all the way to glass platters, DNA, and storage that could last thousands of years.

If you think backups are boring, this episode will change your mind.

⏰ Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:38 AI and the future of backup automation
2:38 Why tape is making a comeback
5:37 Project Silica — storing data in glass
11:51 DNA storage and the data density problem

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