Yuritopiaposadism [none/use name]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 month agoPBS broadcaster loses access to 50TB of data comprising 70 years of TV history after contracted cloud storage vendor goes defunctwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square51linkfedilinkarrow-up1120arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.worldhackernews@lemmy.bestiver.sepcmasterrace@lemmy.world
arrow-up1120arrow-down1external-linkPBS broadcaster loses access to 50TB of data comprising 70 years of TV history after contracted cloud storage vendor goes defunctwww.tomshardware.comYuritopiaposadism [none/use name]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square51linkfedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.worldhackernews@lemmy.bestiver.sepcmasterrace@lemmy.world
minus-squareIldsaye [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agom-discs and blurays supposedly will last many centuries with data intact in a dry cave, but can’t store very much per disc.
minus-squareMeetMeAtTheMovies [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month ago blurays supposedly will last many centuries My toddler has entered the chat
minus-squareIldsaye [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-21 month agoTBF most storage media are weak to toddler
minus-squareMeetMeAtTheMovies [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoI’ve found the most resilient storage format is board books and even they take a beating after a while
minus-squareKnilAdlez [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoYeah, storage capacity is a big part of the issue. We can carve data into stone, but not a lot.
minus-squareIldsaye [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoThere was an announcement some months back that a very durable, very high capacity data crystal had been made in a lab, but I can’t comment on the prospects for such tech becoming widely accessible.
m-discs and blurays supposedly will last many centuries with data intact in a dry cave, but can’t store very much per disc.
My toddler has entered the chat
TBF most storage media are weak to toddler
I’ve found the most resilient storage format is board books and even they take a beating after a while
Yeah, storage capacity is a big part of the issue. We can carve data into stone, but not a lot.
There was an announcement some months back that a very durable, very high capacity data crystal had been made in a lab, but I can’t comment on the prospects for such tech becoming widely accessible.