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technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 16 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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technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 16 hours ago

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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the bbc archive is across multiple channels that almost exclusively produce original programming

from what i understand, 9 pbs is a local news channel that mostly airs syndicated shows

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