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 problem out of your hands (and you don't need to worry about what format to use, what to do once the media you currently use become scarce, etc).
Either way, we should all lobby the PDB or someone to archive all the images for us pronto! Cheers, Stephen On 11/03/2009, David Aragao <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 for long term storage? If so, do you > do a second copy and how do you store them? > > I will try to compile the answers and relay back to the list a resume. > > Thanks, > David > > -- > David Aragão, Ph. D. > Postdoctoral Researcher > Membrane Structural and Functional Biology Group > L2-007, Lonsdale Building > University of Limerick, Ireland > T: 353 (0)61 202302 > F: 353 (0)61 234329 > -- Dr Stephen Graham Division of Structural Biology Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics Roosevelt Drive Oxford OX3 7BN United Kingdom Phone: +44 1865 287 549
