While this may sound absurd, the principle of incremental backups can help out a great deal here. Like Apple’s Time Machine, all we need to do is store a copy of the things which have changed rather than the entire facility, which reduces the burden by at least a few orders of magnitude. Such efficiency savings will I am sure be of great interest in this project. Surely though we could save a copy of the experimental Eigenstate before the experiment too, offering the option of going back and having another go - every experimentalists dream!
I do however take issue with your hypothesis that only the experimental equipment need be backed up - surely the experimenters also need to be archived, to allow the question “What were you thinking??” to be accurately answered when the reviewer’s questions come back. Unfortunately due to quantum entanglement issues this would probably require archiving the mind-state of dozens of people every time you hit “go” with the associated data protection issues - I for one would not like to fill in the GDPR section of that EU application :-) Anyhow, best of luck with your application, Graeme On 1 Apr 2019, at 04:59, Petr Kolenko <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Dear colleagues, We all are very happy about the storage of raw crystallographic datasets. But, is it really enough? No! Can we do better? Yes, of course! The problem is that the crystal after the measurement is usually burned. It does not make sense to store them any more. But, in order to maximize reproducibility and increase the reliability of all our results, the committee of the Czech and Slovak Crystallographic Association has decided to force our researchers to back up the whole experimental station (including synchrotrons and their storage rings) after each crystal, each use. Storage of synchrotrons under liquid nitrogen is welcomed, but not necessary, yet. For the next decade, in-house storage of complete XFELs is expected (EU project Horizon 2030, proposal EC.2030.14.1.CZ.004). Best regards, Petr ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 -- This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential, copyright and or privileged material, and are for the use of the intended addressee only. If you are not the intended addressee or an authorised recipient of the addressee please notify us of receipt by returning the e-mail and do not use, copy, retain, distribute or disclose the information in or attached to the e-mail. Any opinions expressed within this e-mail are those of the individual and not necessarily of Diamond Light Source Ltd. Diamond Light Source Ltd. cannot guarantee that this e-mail or any attachments are free from viruses and we cannot accept liability for any damage which you may sustain as a result of software viruses which may be transmitted in or with the message. Diamond Light Source Limited (company no. 4375679). Registered in England and Wales with its registered office at Diamond House, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0DE, United Kingdom ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1
