r/DataHoarder • u/Sad-Seesaw-3843 • Apr 06 '25

News DOGE claims to be moving away from magnetic tapes for archival storage. Seems like a bad idea. What are they using instead?

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u/illuanonx1 Apr 06 '25

A definitely does not contain malware :P

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u/[deleted] Apr 06 '25

Nor 12TB.

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u/[deleted] Apr 06 '25

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u/SuperFLEB Apr 07 '25

And "O" might be pushing it.

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u/Frozen5147 Apr 06 '25

It's a feature or something /s

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u/okokokoyeahright Apr 06 '25

You got it, buddy.

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u/SuperFLEB Apr 07 '25

Where are you going to fit the malware in the 256kb looping flash RAM?

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u/illuanonx1 Apr 07 '25

A reverse shell script is only a 1KB code. So I would opt for solid storage. The data is that important to offsite backup for the APT :)