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minus-squarefmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·edit-23 个月前If only they weren’t so expensive. Edit: OK not terrible for AU dollars. Missed that. But still, a 20TB backup would be $4K USD. Too hefty compared to even redundant magnetic storage.
minus-squareCroquette@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 个月前Nothing stops people from mix matching backup media. If I lose the series I downloaded versus my family photos, not the same impact.
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 个月前The fuck are you backing up that you have 20tb of?
minus-squaremostlikelyaperson@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 个月前Also I feel like at that point you might as well go tape rather than fiddle around with 40 Blu-rays.
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 个月前I mean, tapes just don’t have the same longetivity as an archive grade optical disc, but it’s probably fine for your collection of porn and pirated movies.
minus-squaremostlikelyaperson@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 个月前Not wrong, but 30 years are probably good enough for most backup cases
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 个月前Most likely. Things like photos you want to live forever though, you never know what people will be interested in in the future.
minus-squarefmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 个月前Photographer, videographer mostly, buy also data hoarder, etc. I still have all my pre-AOL data, too.
If only they weren’t so expensive.Edit: OK not terrible for AU dollars. Missed that.
But still, a 20TB backup would be $4K USD. Too hefty compared to even redundant magnetic storage.
Nothing stops people from mix matching backup media.
If I lose the series I downloaded versus my family photos, not the same impact.
The fuck are you backing up that you have 20tb of?
Also I feel like at that point you might as well go tape rather than fiddle around with 40 Blu-rays.
I mean, tapes just don’t have the same longetivity as an archive grade optical disc, but it’s probably fine for your collection of porn and pirated movies.
Not wrong, but 30 years are probably good enough for most backup cases
Most likely. Things like photos you want to live forever though, you never know what people will be interested in in the future.
Photographer, videographer mostly, buy also data hoarder, etc. I still have all my pre-AOL data, too.