Services such as Dropbox, iCloud and Google Photos silently scoop our data up from our phones, into the ether. A hard disk drive, similar to those found in a desktop PC, usually needs to be replaced every three to five years, while tape — which is still widely used for archival storage and takes much longer to copy — can degrade over several years. With extra storage capacity being added all the time, tending to all that storage has become an increasing burden for cloud computing providers. Read More...
Services such as Dropbox, iCloud and Google Photos silently scoop our data up from our phones, into the ether. A hard disk drive, similar to those found in a desktop PC, usually needs to be replaced every three to five years, while tape — which is still widely used for archival storage and takes much longer to copy — can degrade over several years. With extra storage capacity being added all the time, tending to all that storage has become an increasing burden for cloud computing providers.
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