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Yuritopiaposadism [none/use name]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 6 hours ago

PBS broadcaster loses access to 50TB of data comprising 70 years of TV history after contracted cloud storage vendor goes defunct

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PBS broadcaster loses access to 50TB of data comprising 70 years of TV history after contracted cloud storage vendor goes defunct

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PBS broadcaster loses access to 50TB of data comprising 70 years of TV history after contracted cloud storage vendor goes defunct — public TV channel sues Iron Mountain data center, which hosts archival materials, to ensure preservation
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This wouldn't have been an issue if the organization bought a $1,000 NAS and populated it with a few hard drives.
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    in mass effect 2 one of the salarian npcs says something like “you can never have enough redundancy with digital storage” and it’s shaped the the way i use computers to this day

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      And here I am with a single USB stick backup holding up the tower of cards

      🎸🎶🎶 shake hands with danger solidarity

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      It’s also important for space travel and is why I find the idea of a private company in charge of space exploration very silly

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