beep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoPBS broadcaster loses access to 50TB of data comprising 70 years of TV history after contracted cloud storage vendor goes defunctcurrent.orgexternal-linkmessage-square104linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkPBS broadcaster loses access to 50TB of data comprising 70 years of TV history after contracted cloud storage vendor goes defunctcurrent.orgbeep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square104linkfedilinkfile-text
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minus-squaregrrgyle@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·15 hours agoIt’s a lot if you were trying to source the hardware with today’s process, but 5 years ago that would be nothing to an organisation.
minus-squareRamRabbit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·13 hours agoIt’s a 4-digit number, even today, to build a 50tb local backup box. Absolutely nothing to a company. They were simply lazy and didn’t do the bare minimum.
It’s a lot if you were trying to source the hardware with today’s process, but 5 years ago that would be nothing to an organisation.
It’s a 4-digit number, even today, to build a 50tb local backup box. Absolutely nothing to a company. They were simply lazy and didn’t do the bare minimum.