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Information about the fact that Russia produces storage capacity of 50 MB and 25 kg, the cost of which is about 4 million rubles (59.6 thousand. dollars), provoked a storm of ridicule in social networks, but experts say that this hard drive can be indispensable in the defense sector.
External drive GNI-M2.05 was created on the Penza company “NIIFI and BT.” On the website of the company indicates that it can be used in operating temperatures ranging from minus 10 to plus 50 degrees Celsius and under severe mechanical stress. It is also noted that it will last at least 15 years.
The information in the drive is transmitted through the interface “Manchester-2″, which was created in accordance with GOST, dated 1987 year. The site purchases the price of the drive is listed in the amount of 3.7 rubles.
Value, memory size and weight of the device It caused confusion among users of social networks. Some of them compared to the cost of storage cost apartments and exchanged jokes about import substitution and about the implications of the package “anti-terror laws” Irina Spring.
In bbcrussian.com company said that are not yet ready to comment on development.
Experts iT-industry say that the drive with such characteristics can not be imagined in the everyday use, but it is quite It can be applied in the military sphere
“It is not correct to compare these devices with the hard drives, which are sold in the mass market Typically, these drives are used for military purposes, which for decades can not change the technique itself.”. – said BBC Russian service Manager of strategic Communications project Hi-Tech Mail.Ru Anton Spiridonov.
according to him, most recently in the United States used an 8-inch floppy disk to store data in the control system of nuclear missiles because the equipment installed back in 1950, did not support the new media.
“This is due to the narrow areas of application, where kakie-to new technologies not yet taken root. Hence the high cost of development and construction”, – said the expert.
CEO “by Destiny Development “Anton Agranovskiy also believes that storage of this size and price may be used exclusively for any secret defense industry enterprises that require ultra-secure system.
at the same time, he said, the modern compact media can to maintain the same temperature as specified in the GNI-M2.05 characteristics
“Almost all external hard drives, flash drives can operate at the same temperature, but weigh much less, and store much more data”. – Agranovskiy said BBC Russian service.
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