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It would be even harder if it were an actual mountain of archived paper, replicated into a couple of locations. There is something to be said for the safety of
by toyg 3y ago
It would be even harder if it were an actual mountain of archived paper, replicated into a couple of locations.
There is something to be said for the safety of outdated practices.
- rasz 3y ago>couple of locations You would start by spreading rumors of impending coordinated multi prong attack at all storage facilities, simultaneously your inside man proposes relocating archives to a safe central location or just sending them all to a recovery facility.
- jakedata 3y agoI expect there are warehouses full of forgotten tapes and punchcards reminiscent of the last scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark.
- RetroTechie 3y agoOne factor in the cost of such an event is the effort required to restore from backups. Sure, paper is a safe storage medium. But how would one restore from paper backups? Put that mountain of paper through scanners? Doable, yes. But if it takes extreme amount of time and/or people power, then how useful are those backups, really?