☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ to Technology@lemmygrad.mlEnglish · 9 months agoChinese researchers shrink data centre storage capacity into DVD-sized diskwww.scmp.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up136arrow-down13cross-posted to: technology
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minus-squareFuckyWucky [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·9 months ago Wen said the new disks could someday allow individuals and families to set up their own databases with minimal fuss. Great news for data hoarders. One day!
minus-squarecfgaussian@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up14·9 months agoI’d be a little paranoid having all my data on one disk. One bad disk crash and its all gone. I’d have to have at least two to make a backup.
minus-squarebesbin@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up13·9 months agoAlways practice 3-2-1 if you really want to be safe. 3 copies, 2 different mediums, 1 off-site.
minus-squarecfgaussian@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·9 months agoThat’s the ideal of course. In practice you can’t always be that thorough.
minus-squarerelay@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·9 months agothen you have redundant copies
minus-squarecfgaussian@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up11·9 months agoRedundant copies are a good thing to have if you’re interested in preserving data long term.
minus-squarePeeOnYou [he/him]@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up7·9 months agoi always practice just deleting all my shit randomly and then realizing I didn’t need any of that shit after all
Great news for data hoarders. One day!
I’d be a little paranoid having all my data on one disk. One bad disk crash and its all gone. I’d have to have at least two to make a backup.
Always practice 3-2-1 if you really want to be safe. 3 copies, 2 different mediums, 1 off-site.
That’s the ideal of course. In practice you can’t always be that thorough.
then you have redundant copies
Redundant copies are a good thing to have if you’re interested in preserving data long term.
i always practice just deleting all my shit randomly and then realizing I didn’t need any of that shit after all