> Some of the labs I support get grant money from the Howard Hughes > Medical Institute, which requires that source data be kept for seven > years. Source data is defined such that it's any information used to > back up research publications, so even processed data has retention > requirements. The biggest use of these archives would be for HHMI to > verify claims made in the labs' publications. The only data subject to > archival retention is the source data; everything else is backed up with > TSM, with the inactive copies lasting a year.
Well, that would be the OTHER reason for archives. ;) When you archive those files in TSM, does it allow you to put a "box" around them that says something like "Source files for project ABC/2008"? This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail.
