beep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days 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

beep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days ago

Nine PBS sues Iron Mountain over blocked access to archival data - Current

Nine PBS seeks return of more than 50 terabytes of data that represents “70 years of our organization's history.”

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1332594/pbs-broadcaster-loses-access-to-50tb-of-data-comprising-70-years-of-tv-history-after-con

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50TB isn’t even that expensive on a HDD! Couple hundred to a thousand bucks! How much were they paying for that much storage?

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