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Crystal quartz please

http://themindunleashed.org/2014/02/data-storage-crystal-quartz-will-change-everything.html
http://www.gizmosnack.com/news/science/discovery-of-superman-memory-crystal-with-360-tb-storage-capacity/

the memory crystal with an inch diameter can store up to 360TB of data and can endure temperature of up to 1000 degrees Celsius. It can last for 13.8 billion years in a room that has a 190-degree Celsius temperature

Cartridges are too expensive, disks slow and cumbersome. It will probably still be a long time before these can be read fast or produced for little money. Can't exactly mass produce them in a press like discs.