, 2012 1:50 PM
To: mcn-l at mcn.edu
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Off-line data storage issues
Steve,
You might want to look into the new service announced by Amazon today, called
Glacier. They provide archival storage (probably tape) at $0.01 per GB per
month.
http://aws.amazon.com/glacier/
I just learned
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srothman at fas.harvard.edu
To: mcn-l at mcn.edumailto:mcn-l at mcn.edu mcn-l at mcn.edumailto:
mcn-l at mcn.edu
Subject: [MCN-L] Off-line data storage issues
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I'm starting to look at how we handle offline data storage. We have about 12TB
of online image data from our collections, and it is backed up so that in case
of disk failure or other problems it can be restored. But like all backup
systems the tapes are recycled every few weeks. So there are
