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.

Full title: 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

  • VitoRobles@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    21 hours ago

    I bought four 12TB drives in 2023 for about $150 each.

    Now they’re roughly $300-600. It’s awful for consumers, but not for a company or nonprofit with decades of data.