[ccp4bb] long term data backup

2009-03-11 Thread David Aragao
Dear All, I wonder how people currently do their long term backups. I see DATs/DLTs being slowly dropped off at the beamlines and most people brings their data home in external HDs. Anyone using blue-ray or double layer DVDs for long term backups? If so what kind of hardware? Do you use HDs

Re: [ccp4bb] long term data backup

2009-03-11 Thread Kay Diederichs
Stephen Graham schrieb: If at all possible you should consider outsourcing it. You might have access to some kind of large university of national facility for archiving scientific/academic 'data'. Otherwise there are companies who specialise in archiving data - for a fee they will take the

Re: [ccp4bb] long term data backup

2009-03-11 Thread Paul Swepston
://www.tardis.edu.au/ -Original Message- From: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:ccp...@jiscmail.ac.uk] On Behalf Of David Aragao Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 6:10 AM To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: [ccp4bb] long term data backup Dear All, I wonder how people currently do their long term backups. I see

Re: [ccp4bb] long term data backup

2009-03-11 Thread James Holton
At ALS beamlines 8.3.1 and 12.3.1 we use a combination of DVD-R and LTO-4 tapes for long-term backup, and have the entire data collection history of each beamline backed up on DVD-R disks. This is at about 50 TB for 8.3.1 (built in 2001) and 30 TB for 12.3.1 (built in 2004). We also make a

Re: [ccp4bb] long term data backup

2009-03-11 Thread mjvdwoerd
Aragao david.ara...@ul.ie To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Sent: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 5:09 am Subject: [ccp4bb] long term data backup Dear All,    I wonder how people currently do their long term backups. I see DATs/DLTs being slowly dropped off at the beamlines and most people brings their data home

Re: [ccp4bb] long term data backup

2009-03-11 Thread Richard Gillilan
$3M/TB clay tablets Probably the only medium that will still be practically readable a few decades from now! Having seen a few up close here on Cornell campus, I recommend you save the archeologists some headache and bake them. At least you can write on both sides. The unfortunate fact

Re: [ccp4bb] long term data backup

2009-03-11 Thread Christopher Law
My latest diffraction pattern. Should I call in Mulder and Scully? http://mechanicrobotic.files.wordpress.com/2007/07/sumerian-clay-tablet.jpeg 2009/3/11 Richard Gillilan r...@cornell.edu: $3M/TB   clay tablets Probably the only medium that will still be practically readable a few decades

Re: [ccp4bb] long term data backup

2009-03-11 Thread Ashley Buckle
We are working on a new version of TARDIS that massively simplifies the software requirements (no database needed), using Web Stores. We are planning to release this at the beginning of April (but not the 1st!) See http://tardis.edu.au/wiki/index.php/TARDIS_Web_Stores In a nutshell: