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commander@lemmy.world Joined: 2024-12-02

nymnympseudonym@piefed.social Joined: 2025-08-25

The age of Never Delete Anything is upon us

raicon@lemmy.world Joined: 2023-09-08

At least for bigger corpos, this is already the case since decades ago. Data brokers store everything they can, even encrypted network traffic.

Buffalox@lemmy.world Joined: 2023-06-18

AFAIK SMR drives are slow because the tracks have overlay, but they should also make a conventional drive at 28 TB that will probably be faster.
IDK I use SSD and I only have 2 TB.

network_switch@lemmy.ml Joined: 2025-03-28

I need spinning disk drives to get back down in price so I can get a couple to fill out my Jellyfin server

Welcome to the nostalgia-filled piefed instance of yesteryear.

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If you have a question or comment you can post in !meta@retrofed.com or message @DosDude@retrofed.com or @Die4Ever@retrofed.com

In case of downtime and/or emergency, we will post updates on @DosDude@mastodon.social

Some rules we try to uphold:

Be civil. Bigotry is not welcome. This includes (but is not limited to): transphobia, queerphobia, racism, ageism and ableism. We do not promote hate.
Communities need to be Retro or Retro-adjacent.
Please don't upload pornographic content. (use an external image host for that)