Key facts
- A PBS affiliate is suing Iron Mountain Data Centers.
- The lawsuit seeks access to 50 terabytes of historical data.
- The data was stored by Open Source Storage (OSS).
- OSS has ceased operations and become unresponsive.
- A judge has ordered Iron Mountain to hand over physical devices containing the data.
A PBS affiliate has initiated legal action against Iron Mountain Data Centers in an effort to recover 50 terabytes of crucial historical data. The data was entrusted to Open Source Storage (OSS), a cloud storage provider that has since ceased operations and become unresponsive, leaving the PBS station without access to its archives. The lawsuit aims to compel Iron Mountain, which physically houses the storage devices, to grant the PBS affiliate access to the data.
In a significant development, a judge has issued an order mandating Iron Mountain Data Centers to hand over the physical devices that contain the 50TB of archives. This judicial intervention is a key step for the PBS station, which relies on this historical data for its programming and operations. The unresponsiveness of OSS has created a critical situation, highlighting the risks associated with third-party data storage providers and the importance of having robust data recovery protocols in place.