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Gino188 What's crazy is that 50 TB isn't a huge amount for modern computers, especially for 70 years worth of stuff. Even the 2 HDD I got on my desktop add up to 28TB. Still seems like someone should have just bought 4 HDD (before the RAMpocalyse) and just downloaded that stuff and stored it in some closet. I wonder if they even had money for a real IT department tho. Even in Canada people are arguing to defund our CBC. Reply
txfeinbergs Gino188 said: What's crazy is that 50 TB isn't a huge amount for modern computers, especially for 70 years worth of stuff. Even the 2 HDD I got on my desktop add up to 28TB. Clearly you realize you are not even close to the norm here. Most people don't even have 1 TB according to the latest Steam survey: "According to the latest Steam Hardware & Software Survey, the most common category for Free Hard Drive Space on Windows PCs is 100 GB to 249 GB , accounting for roughly 23.5% of users." Reply
hwertz txfeinbergs said: Clearly you realize you are not even close to the norm here. Most people don't even have 1 TB according to the latest Steam survey: "According to the latest Steam Hardware & Software Survey, the most common category for Free Hard Drive Space on Windows PCs is 100 GB to 249 GB , accounting for roughly 23.5% of users." Well sure. I must confess I have about 24TB myself. But, the thing is, even at RAMpocalypse pricing, 18-20TB HDDs are like $600-700 a pop without looking for a deal (some are closer to $400.) When I got my 18 it was $280 'refurbished' (but the model had only been on the market a month so I knew it couldn' be used much) and under $400 new. Just saying this is like $2000 worth of storage even at RAMpocalypse pricing. PBS does tend to have a tight budget, so I can totally see them not spending the $2K. I'm not going to question their IT, sometimes best or even good practices are just out of budget. But I'm sure they will now LOL. Reply
USAFRet txfeinbergs said: Clearly you realize you are not even close to the norm here. Most people don't even have 1 TB according to the latest And a major TV network is not "most people" I myself have over 100TB directly, locally, available. Reply
usertests txfeinbergs said: Clearly you realize you are not even close to the norm here. Most people don't even have 1 TB according to the latest Steam survey: "According to the latest Steam Hardware & Software Survey, the most common category for Free Hard Drive Space on Windows PCs is 100 GB to 249 GB , accounting for roughly 23.5% of users." The point is that it was (before price hikes) in the ballpark of maybe $1,000 to store 50 TB. Not very much for an archival enthusiast, much less a PBS station. I doubt Steam Survey would be picking up somebody's media/archive NAS anyway. What does it detect, the boot drive or the drive that Steam itself is installed on? Reply
Alex Gorlat It is not the first time when cloud storage evaporates. If you store files directly on recordable drive or you set-up an “instant backup” support, you save your files with 100% assurance. The advantage of recordable drives is that they can be always connected to computer because the previously recorded data cannot be modified. Modern Recordable Drive technology supports the “cloning” procedure – instant backup of the “instant backup”. Even if something happened with one drive (every drive will die sooner or later) you for sure will have its copy with all your files. Modern Recordable Drives do not have restrictions on the size of drive, size of files or number of files. They can be installed on any other modern data drive: HD, SSD, memory stick. You can see it on YouTube (search “Modern Recordable Drive”). Reply
USAFRet Alex Gorlat said: It is not the first time when cloud storage evaporates. If you store files directly on recordable drive or you set-up an “instant backup” support, you save your files with 100% assurance. The advantage of recordable drives is that they can be always connected to computer because the previously recorded data cannot be modified. Modern Recordable Drive technology supports the “cloning” procedure – instant backup of the “instant backup”. Even if something happened with one drive (every drive will die sooner or later) you for sure will have its copy with all your files. Modern Recordable Drives do not have restrictions on the size of drive, size of files or number of files. They can be installed on any other modern data drive: HD, SSD, memory stick. You can see it on YouTube (search “Modern Recordable Drive”). "instant backup" or clone has its own issues….mainly, what happens to the primary drive also happens to the instant backup. Accidental deletion, corruption, malware… What you propose is not much much different than a RAID array. Which must always be accompanied by a real backup situation. Reply
USAFRet Alex Gorlat said: You can see it on YouTube (search “Modern Recordable Drive”) So that we may avoid any utube nonsense, please give us the short description (and link) of this “Modern Recordable Drive”. Reply
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