Hello,

A related thread: we are interested in purchasing equipment to automate the
process of copying large numbers of CDs/DVDs to active disk or online AND copy
data from active disk or server to DVD in a non-proprietary, non-encrypted,
non-compressed format for creating an offline archive of the digital master.
Ideally, we'd like one piece of equipment that can do both.

Does anyone have experience with hardware that does one or both of these
processes? If so, how much is automated (not requiring too much human
intervention and monitoring)? Recommendations?

Also, do you use rewritable disks? Brand recommendation?

Thanks for any help you can give.

Melinda Baumann
Director, Digital Library Production Services
University of Virginia Library
PO Box 400155
Charlottesville VA  22904-4155
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--On Friday, January 10, 2003 11:49 AM -0800 "R. Wayne Shoaf" <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

>
> At the University of Southern California we estimate our Digital Archive
> storage requirements to be growing at about a half a terabyte per year.
> Hi-res masters are stored on a UniTree tape system uncompressed currently
> with only one redundancy. Back-up and redundancy will soon be increased.
> -------------------------
> R. Wayne Shoaf
> Metadata Specialist
> Digital Information Management
> Information Services Division
> University of Southern California
> 3305 South Hoover Street
> Los Angeles, CA 90007-3557
> voice: 213-740-4090
> fax: 213-821-1617
> e-mail: [log in to unmask]
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: DLF Digital Library Announcements
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Bill Britten Sent:
> Friday, January 10, 2003 11:05 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: mountains of data
>
>
> Colleagues,
>
> Here at Tennessee we seem to be expanding the amount of digital data at an
> exponential rate. A TB of storage lasted about a year. We are buying another
> 1.3 TB, knowing it may only get us through another 6 months. And there is the
> corresponding need for our backup system to keep up with all of this storage.
> This email is a reality-check for us, if you could let us know the state of
> digital storage at your institution.
> For digital projects, are master files (i.e. large high-res files) retained
> long-term for preservation purposes?
> If so, are these files stored on disk, or written off to CD, DVD, tape?
>
> Are you compressing these files ... using what?
>
> What level of storage do you currently maintain, and what are the immediate
> plans for purchase?
> thanks so much,
>
> Bill Britten
> Professor and Head, Library Systems
> 647 Hodges Library, UTK, Knoxville, TN 37996-1000
> voice: 865-974-1082 fax: 865-974-0626
> [log in to unmask]
>




Melinda Baumann
Director, Digital Library Production Services
University of Virginia Library
PO Box 400155
Charlottesville VA  22904-4155
[log in to unmask]         (434) 243-8785