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minus-squarefmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·edit-22 days agoIf 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-up4·2 days agoNothing 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-up2·2 days agoThe fuck are you backing up that you have 20tb of?
minus-squaremostlikelyaperson@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoAlso I feel like at that point you might as well go tape rather than fiddle around with 40 Blu-rays.
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoI 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-up3·1 day agoNot wrong, but 30 years are probably good enough for most backup cases
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoMost 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-up1·1 day agoPhotographer, 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.