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Technology Assessment of High Capacity Data Storage Systems: Can We Avoid a Data Survivability CrisisThe density of digital storage media in our information-intensive society increases by a factor of four every three years, while the rate at which this data can be migrated to viable long-term storage has been increasing by a factor of only four every nine years. Meanwhile, older data stored on increasingly obsolete media, are at considerable risk. When the systems for which the media were designed are no longer serviced by their manufacturers (many of whom are out of business), the data will no longer be accessible. In some cases, older media suffer from a physical breakdown of components - tapes simply lose their magnetic properties after a long time in storage. The scale of the crisis is compatible to that facing the Social Security System. Greater financial and intellectual resources to the development and refinement of new storage media and migration technologies in order to preserve as much data as possible.
Document ID
19990028350
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Halem, M.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Shaffer, F.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Palm, N.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Salmon, E.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Raghavan, S.
(Raytheon STX Corp. Lanham, MD United States)
Kempster, L.
(Raytheon STX Corp. Lanham, MD United States)
Date Acquired
August 19, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1998
Subject Category
Computer Operations And Hardware
Meeting Information
Meeting: RCI''s North American Member Executive Conference
Location: Washington, DC
Country: United States
Start Date: October 13, 1998
End Date: October 15, 1998
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

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