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Re:52% of YouTube videos live in 2010 have been deleted by crmd on Thursday July 14, 2022 @05:48PM (#32101860)
You might be surprised to see the scale of LTO tape consumption by FAANG companies.
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Re:52% of YouTube videos live in 2010 have been deleted by kevincox on Friday July 15, 2022 @07:10AM (#32106923)
Because at this scale the lower cost is worth it. For smaller scales the infrastructure and management overhead of tape is never repaid.
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