On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 12:48 AM, Devin Reade <gdr at gno.org> wrote: > --On Wednesday, January 11, 2012 03:40:20 PM -0500 Alan McKay > <alan.mckay at gmail.com> wrote: > >> Well, the scientists are talking longer than 7 years so HDs just are not >> going to cut it [...] > For long term storage, you may need to be able to not just put stuff > away, but also have a policy (and the resources!) to periodically > migrate data to newer media & formats. This can get expensive in > time and money of course; your stakeholders may need to weigh in > again periodically to evaluate the value of the data vs the cost > of migration. What about LTFS? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_Tape_File_System Seems interesting. Anyone tried it? Rafa