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I agree. I recommend most people don't go overboard, but they can still do their part.
Save the things you like and are relevant to you. Movies, shows, games, music, books, etc. You don't have to be an archivist. Storing data should be something that reflects you, personally, and it should genuinely be more enjoyable as a result.
It should feel good to preserve and be responsible for another copy of the information you like.
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Lots of people hoard data. The problem is keeping it in a working state. Think about how many people have old towers or laptops in their garage or basement never to look at those downloads or vacation photos again.
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They don't have to participate, but it's a good article to raise awareness for your non tech oriented friends and family.
This is a massive problem, but at the very least it's happening in an era of very cheap data storage.
The day the Internet Archive was being attacked and sued, was the signal.
48TB rust in raidz2 reporting in
14TB RAID1 setup reporting in.
324TB misc here for duty
108TB SHR reporting in.
8TB reporting for duty. 🫡😂
Seriously though. What's the best help to lend out say 2tb?
Edit:This is a serious question.
I think it was annas archive that has a page for what data they need mirrored the most based on your storage space available. After looking into it.
A bunch of USB sticks and external drives turned on and checked from time to time with rare files I need.
Walking along I guess. Bringing some tea.
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20gb strewn across 3 RAIDS, no idea what file system type they use.
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