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Oppenheimer and the resurgence of Blu-ray and DVDs: How to stop your films and music from disappearing (www.bbc.com)
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Oppenheimer and the resurgence of Blu-ray and DVDs: How to stop your films and music from disappearing::In an era where many films and albums are stored in the cloud, "streaming anxiety" is making people buy more DVDs, records – and even cassette tapes.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yea, I wouldn't rely on HD on a shelf. Source: I've had hundreds of hard drives over the years. Some that are 1 year old and dead, after sitting on a shelf. Some are 20 years old and still work (kind of a test at this point to see how long they'll still spin up).

There's a reason 3-3-3 backup is the guideline. From my own experience, you need data on no less than 3 different storages, not including the production data.

I've had situations where 2 of my Backups didn't work for some reason, either media failed, or data wasn't backed up though it was supposed to be, etc. That 3rd has saved me many times.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I'm pretty sure that I've got a failing E: drive in my home computer; I'm not even sure how long I've had it. Def. time to back everything up again. Pity I don't have a NAS at home...