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PBS broadcaster loses access to 50TB of data comprising 70 years of TV history after contracted cloud storage vendor goes defunct — public TV channel sues Iron Mountain data center, which hosts archi… (www.tomshardware.com)
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Full title: PBS broadcaster loses access to 50TB of data comprising 70 years of TV history after contracted cloud storage vendor goes defunct — public TV channel sues Iron Mountain data center, which hosts archival materials, to ensure preservation

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[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Well, before 2026 it was. Now prices are bonkers and PBS is being defunded.

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

Even at current prices it's $3k tops.

[–] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 5 points 1 week ago

I bought four 12TB drives in 2023 for about $150 each.

Now they're roughly $300-600. It's awful for consumers, but not for a company or nonprofit with decades of data.