beep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoPBS broadcaster loses access to 50TB of data comprising 70 years of TV history after contracted cloud storage vendor goes defunctcurrent.orgexternal-linkmessage-square118linkfedilinkarrow-up1559arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1557arrow-down1external-linkPBS broadcaster loses access to 50TB of data comprising 70 years of TV history after contracted cloud storage vendor goes defunctcurrent.orgbeep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square118linkfedilinkfile-text
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minus-squarebad1080@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up44·2 months agoit sucks but they didn’t follow the basic 3-2-1 rule of back-ups (3 copies, 2 types of media, 1 off-site)
minus-squareCluckN@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·2 months agoThat’s smart, My last company did 4-3-2-1. When the servers went down all we had was 4 calling birds 3 French hens and 2 turtle doves.
minus-squarebad1080@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agowas your last employer a flock of seagulls?
minus-squarebless@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoI heard about them. They got the five golden rings award
minus-squarejj4211@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoWell, they got the 1 off-site bit…
minus-squarebad1080@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agobut it wasn’t even a back-up when they no longer had the original files
it sucks but they didn’t follow the basic 3-2-1 rule of back-ups (3 copies, 2 types of media, 1 off-site)
That’s smart, My last company did 4-3-2-1. When the servers went down all we had was 4 calling birds 3 French hens and 2 turtle doves.
was your last employer a flock of seagulls?
u said flock
I heard about them. They got the five golden rings award
Well, they got the 1 off-site bit…
but it wasn’t even a back-up when they no longer had the original files