The Australians have something that addresses this: TARDIS is a multi-institutional collaborative venture that aims to facilitate the archiving and sharing of raw X-ray diffraction images (collectively known as a 'dataset') from the Australian protein crystallography community. http://www.tardis.edu.au/
-----Original Message----- From: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:ccp...@jiscmail.ac.uk] On Behalf Of David Aragao Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 6:10 AM To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: [ccp4bb] long term data backup 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
