Hi Edward,

Might I suggest you look into cloud computing services if you're looking at
different options. (I know you're all shocked I suggested it).  If our
budget weren't so abysmal (and going to get worse) we would be using it
right now rather than the snap server we purchased with leftover funds.  The
benefits of using the cloud is of course the elasticity it offers you.  The
negative is that you have to pay to put your files into the cloud and then
pay again to take them out (and since we've already been slashed 30% and are
guaranteed another slash...that idea was shot down).

Of course the major player out there is Amazon S3.  The problem is that you
can't use S3 via Amazon's Web Management Console.  But there is a company
called RightScale (http://www.rightscale.com/index.php) which has a web
management console that allows you to upload files quickly and easily
without having to write scripts and what not.

Anyway, just my two cents.

Rosalyn



On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 8:10 AM, Edward Iglesias
<[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> As I was trying to figure out what to do with half a terabyte of
> archival TIFFS it occurred to me that perhaps someone else had this
> problem.  We are starting to produce massive amounts of digital
> objects (videos, archival TIFFS, audio interviews).  Up until now we
> have been dealing with ways to display them to the public.  Now we are
> starting to look at "dark archives" like OCLC's digital archive
> product.  I would welcome any suggestions from those of you who have
> dealt with this on an archival level.  It's one thing to stick the
> stuff up on a server, but then what?  Our CIO suggested storage
> appliances like this one
>
>
> http://www.drobo.com/products/index.php
>
> but I am wary of the proprietary RAID system.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
>
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Edward Iglesias
> Systems Librarian
> Central Connecticut State University
>