Re:Tell HN: YouTube and how my wife lost 7 years of work
by WalterBright on Sunday February 20, 2022 @12:49AM
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I wouldn't rely on a contract for archival services. Legal action can take several years to wind through the courts.
For gawd's sake, buy some terabyte drives and make a backup that you control. Mail a copy to your mom just in case.
Re:Tell HN: YouTube and how my wife lost 7 years of work
by ziml77 on Sunday February 20, 2022 @09:02AM
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Hence why I didn't say to use Glacier as the only archival copy. In the setup I'm proposing, they would have a copy on Vimeo, at least 1 copy on Glacier, and a copy on their NAS. An offline backup mailed to his mom isn't a bad idea either though.
The point I'm making about contracts here is not solely about having the option to sue if the other party doesn't uphold their end of the contract. It's about even having the option to agree to conditions that aren't ridiculously one-sided in the first place.
I think Vimeo is a good choice for hosting new videos. For archival I would consider just using a single NAS of your own and then have that replicate to Amazon Glacier in at least 1 other region (unless you already have the rack space and someone to physically manage the NAS box in another region).