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If you can't hold it, it's not your data. Yes, there is a market for 30 TB drives. Some people back up their stuff locally. There's plenty of people on HN who
by theandrewbailey 4y ago
If you can't hold it, it's not your data.
Yes, there is a market for 30 TB drives. Some people back up their stuff locally. There's plenty of people on HN who have a ZFS array in their basement and would love 30 TB drives.
- jqpabc123 4y agoIf you can't hold it, it's not your data. Yes and legally, simply holding it doesn't necessarily make it your data either. Holding someone else's data is a legal risk easily avoided by not storing it and simply streaming it as needed. I can watch pretty much anything I want, including live sports. But you won't find evidence of this on any of my computers.
- theandrewbailey 4y agoAre CDs, DVDs, and BluRays you own considered your data? Backing up those is a good idea to work around disc rot. Media on streaming services might not be there on any given day. As for piracy, the cops don't go through your drives looking for pirated material. (At least in most Western countries.) People almost always get caught while they are distributing it, not storing it.
- jqpabc123 4y agoPeople almost always get caught while they are distributing it, not storing it. What happens if they're caught distributing it --- to you?