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gruez
1935 days ago
shucked hard drives go for around $15/TB on sale. Buy three for redundancy and it's $45/TB. The break-even point for that setup would be 9 months.
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dwohnitmok
1935 days ago
You're also paying for spatial distance and independence. Redundant backups in the same location can all fail together. See
https://youtu.be/OAI8S2houW4?t=285
for one amusing case.
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jhoechtl
1934 days ago
Ipfs eventually.
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eru
1935 days ago
Well, plus a lot of hassle.
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