With 90 percent of the world’s data generated in the last few years alone, it’s inevitable that data will continue to grow exponentially. IDC estimates that by 2020, all our cell phones, internet connected devices, wearables and cloud tech will be pumping out a staggering 44 zetabytes — or 44 trillion gigabytes — of data every year. The race is on to find viable ways to store this huge onslaught of data. While existing methods like cold, flash and cloud storage are trying to remake themselves in the age of Big Data, there are also a number of alternative methods…
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