Researchers at the University of Southampton in the UK successfully stored the entirety of the human genome sequence onto an indestructible 5D optical memory crystal no bigger than a penny. The indestructibility claims are no joke since the discs can withstand temperatures up to 1,000°C, cosmic radiation, and even direct impact forces of 10 tons per cm2.
I hate it when you buy a hard drive rated for eight billion years and it craps out on you after just four and a half.
Hard drives are normally rated for 1-5 years