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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

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technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 14 days 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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blurays supposedly will last many centuries

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  TBF most storage media are weak to toddler
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    I’ve found the most resilient storage format is board books and even they take a beating after a while

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