Re: Backing Up 100 Terabytes of Data

[Dallas Thornton <dallas () SDSC EDU>]

Hi Daniel,

There is clearly a lot to consider. It's much more than shelving tapes or DVDs somewhere to do digital preservation. 
I'll put in a shameless plug for a project that aims to do this. They store multiple copies of preserved data at 
multiple sites across the country and provide integrity checking of the data stored. The Chronopolis Digital 
Preservation Program is a collaborative initiative between SDSC, the UC San Diego Libraries, the National Center for 
Atmospheric Research, and the University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies. They offer 
preservation-class storage as a service to interested researchers, and data transfer usually occurs over high-speed R&E 
WAN networks.

http://chronopolis.sdsc.edu/

Hope this helps, and good luck with your storage needs.

Best regards,

Dallas


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Daniel
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Subject: [SECURITY] Backing Up 100 Terabytes of Data

Hi All,

I have researchers with over 100 terabytes of data. Any back-up suggestions that would include being able to store the 
back-up data a reasonable distance away from the data center?

Thanks

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