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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This wouldn't have been an issue if the organization bought a $1,000 NAS and populated it with a few hard drives.
  • CMDR_Horn@lemmy.worldEnglish
    142·
    5 hours ago

    Throwing shade at PBS for not adhering to expensive but best practice 3-2-1 rule is Dumb. PBS doesn’t have the money to do things right.

    I hope they’re able to get their data back.

    • cubism_pitta@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      58 minutes ago

      In most cases customers are relying on their cloud vendor to do all of this and follow best practices.

      Without PBS’s contract we don’t know what was promised or stipulated

    • ohulancutash@feddit.ukEnglish
      73·
      5 hours ago

      Nine PBS found an extra $30 million to refurb their headquarters this year. They could have afforded a NAS.

    • realcaseyrollins@hilariouschaos.comEnglish
      11·
      4 hours ago

      You think this issue just fell out of a coconut tree?

      PBS had quite a lot of time before the 2024 Trump administration to get this figured out, and they didn’t.