• fmstrat
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    2 days ago

    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.

    • @[email protected]
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      52 days ago

      Nothing stops people from mix matching backup media.

      If I lose the series I downloaded versus my family photos, not the same impact.

      • @mostlikelyaperson
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        31 day ago

        Also I feel like at that point you might as well go tape rather than fiddle around with 40 Blu-rays.

        • @[email protected]
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          21 day ago

          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.

          • @mostlikelyaperson
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            31 day ago

            Not wrong, but 30 years are probably good enough for most backup cases

            • @[email protected]
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              11 day ago

              Most likely. Things like photos you want to live forever though, you never know what people will be interested in in the future.

      • fmstrat
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        11 day ago

        Photographer, videographer mostly, buy also data hoarder, etc. I still have all my pre-AOL data, too.