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Is stuff online worth saving?

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128 points Brajeshwar | 1 comments | 17 Dec 24 14:31 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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underseacables ◴[21 Dec 24 14:15 UTC] No.42479808[source]▶
I suppose it comes down to what the purpose of such archiving is.

I think it's the preservation of information, but I also believe 90% is absolutely pointless. There is just so much of it, and data storage so cheap, that it makes sense to just save everything.

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dreamcompiler ◴[21 Dec 24 14:47 UTC] No.42479985[source]▶
That data storage is also ephemeral. Nobe of it will last as long as a paper note, unless some human goes to the trouble of copying it all onto new drives with new software every ten years or so.
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Atreiden ◴[21 Dec 24 15:23 UTC] No.42480154[source]▶
With a proper NAS and RAID10 for double parity, it's a bit like Theseus ship. Just keep swapping out drives when they become unhealthy and you never have to rebuild or migrate
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