Ars Technica Explores the Dying Hard Drives of the 90s Music Industry
Ars Technica Reports on Dying Hard Drives
Ars Technica brings to light a pressing concern in the music industry regarding the hard drives from the 1990s. Iron Mountain, a leading enterprise storage and destruction company, has observed a startling trend: around one-fifth of the hard disk drives sent for archiving are now completely unreadable.
The Stakes of Archiving Audio
This alarming statistic raises serious questions about the future of music preservation and digital storage. As industry professionals strive to archive and backup crucial audio materials, the stories shared by Mix with those managing these archival efforts reveal a complex landscape where data integrity is at risk.
Music archiving today is fraught with challenges, particularly as technology evolves. The implications extend far beyond just a few archives—entire catalogs at risk of fading into irretrievability.
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