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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 — public TV channel sues Iron Mountain data center, which hosts archi… (www.tomshardware.com)
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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

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[–] 48 points 2 months ago (4 children)

50TB that they didn't have their own backup of? I could realistically get drives to store that if I really wanted to.

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  • [–] 26 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    I administer a Plex server with more storage space than that. It’s totally doable.

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  • [–] 19 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Well, before 2026 it was. Now prices are bonkers and PBS is being defunded.

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