My file and backup servers. That's a tenth of a petabyte right there. My security server is on a different shelf and the offline backup server mentioned below is upstairs. David Gewirtz/ZDNET
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ZDNET's key takeaways
Cloud storage costs exploded after unlimited plans vanished
Backing up everything was expensive and unnecessary
Five strategic changes saved over $1,200 per year
60 terabytes. I'll never see that much cloud storage again. On one hand, I'm relieved. On the other, I'm deeply saddened.
This is a story that began many chapters ago. It culminated with some serious self and infrastructure examination, a couple of hard conversations, and a few tough decisions.
This is a story of online data hoarding in the guise of best practices, where too much became way too much, and the seemingly simple task of maintaining backups became an on-call emergency response second job.
I changed all that this week.
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