Comment by jmclnx
4 hours ago
Yes :)
But really depends. I saw somewhere NPR lost 70 years of content doe to a Cloud bill not being paid on time or something ? I forgot the details.
I am sure there will be more of this since companies are depending on the Cloud for their data storage. Now with AI, who knows what will happen. I expect Cloud Admin people will eventually be replaced by some AI type system.
Companies really should backup all data and send off-site. But that will never happen because god-forbid, they will need to hire a real person.
Nine PBS (PBS member station) lost 50tb/70 years of archives due to cloud provider ending operations abruptly
And today you can buy a 20tb drive for under a grand.
For more info:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49333344 - "Judge sets framework for Nine PBS to retrieve archival data" - 75 comments
They lost data because of their incompetence and not actually having any backups.
Their cloud provider was in charge of backups.
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False: they did not lose the data; they temporarily lost access to it, because of Iron Mountain's security policies. They are, necessarily, pursuing remedies in court. They can and will regain access.