NASA solar mission data recovering after server room flood fiasco
(theregister.com)
They can put a man on the Moon - but back on Earth, a busted water pipe managed to knock out NASA's solar mission data for months.
They can put a man on the Moon - but back on Earth, a busted water pipe managed to knock out NASA's solar mission data for months.
What You Might Miss When Backing Up CDs
(mistys-internet.website)
I’ve written a bit recently about CD-ROM preservation and some of the more niche, easily-missed parts of the format. I’ve covered the formats themselves, but I felt it might help to provide some concrete examples of the kind of data that can easily be missed and that might not get backed up.
I’ve written a bit recently about CD-ROM preservation and some of the more niche, easily-missed parts of the format. I’ve covered the formats themselves, but I felt it might help to provide some concrete examples of the kind of data that can easily be missed and that might not get backed up.
Tell HN: Check your old YouTube videos
(ycombinator.com)
If you're someone who has uploaded videos to youtube in the past, and don't want to lose them, give them a quick look now.
If you're someone who has uploaded videos to youtube in the past, and don't want to lose them, give them a quick look now.
How Bad Is Link Rot?
(brainbaking.com)
There’s no denying that online content disappears. Depending on the type and thoroughness of the study, reports claim that 38% to 66.5% of webpages that existed a decade ago are dead. Sometimes we’re treated with a 3xx redirect code but more often than not they’re simply gone forever if it wasn’t for the Internet Archive.
There’s no denying that online content disappears. Depending on the type and thoroughness of the study, reports claim that 38% to 66.5% of webpages that existed a decade ago are dead. Sometimes we’re treated with a 3xx redirect code but more often than not they’re simply gone forever if it wasn’t for the Internet Archive.
Cloudflare Experiences Major Incident in November, Resulting in Log Loss
(infoq.com)
Cloudflare has recently confirmed that on November 14th they experienced an incident affecting Cloudflare Logs with 55% of logs during a 3.5-hour period being lost.
Cloudflare has recently confirmed that on November 14th they experienced an incident affecting Cloudflare Logs with 55% of logs during a 3.5-hour period being lost.
Act now to stop millions of research papers from disappearing
(nature.com)
Millions of research articles are absent from major digital archives.
Millions of research articles are absent from major digital archives.
OpenZFS Horror Stories – Klara Systems
(klarasystems.com)
Join the Klara team, including co-founder Allan Jude and solutions engineer JT Pennington, as they share spine-chilling Halloween stories of near disasters with data loss. Discover what to avoid and learn why having well-tested backups is absolutely essential.
Join the Klara team, including co-founder Allan Jude and solutions engineer JT Pennington, as they share spine-chilling Halloween stories of near disasters with data loss. Discover what to avoid and learn why having well-tested backups is absolutely essential.
Man locked out of Google Drive and loses 9 year old photos after SIM Swap attack
(bbc.co.uk)
A man says he has lost files, business records and all his online photos after "failings" by his mobile phone provider allowed fraudsters to take control of his phone.
A man says he has lost files, business records and all his online photos after "failings" by his mobile phone provider allowed fraudsters to take control of his phone.
Microsoft said it lost weeks of security logs for its customers' cloud products
(techcrunch.com)
Microsoft has notified customers that it’s missing more than two weeks of security logs for some of its cloud products, leaving network defenders without critical data for detecting possible intrusions.
Microsoft has notified customers that it’s missing more than two weeks of security logs for some of its cloud products, leaving network defenders without critical data for detecting possible intrusions.
We're losing our digital history. Can the Internet Archive save it?
(bbc.com)
Research shows 25% of web pages posted between 2013 and 2023 have vanished. A few organisations are racing to save the echoes of the web, but new risks threaten their very existence.
Research shows 25% of web pages posted between 2013 and 2023 have vanished. A few organisations are racing to save the echoes of the web, but new risks threaten their very existence.
We're losing our digital history. Can the Internet Archive save it?
(bbc.com)
Research shows 25% of web pages posted between 2013 and 2023 have vanished. A few organisations are racing to save the echoes of the web, but new risks threaten their very existence.
Research shows 25% of web pages posted between 2013 and 2023 have vanished. A few organisations are racing to save the echoes of the web, but new risks threaten their very existence.