Storage issues – how to deal with TB of data? Can get 1 TB external drive for $170. How do you backup, keep safe, offsite storage, etc.? Network costs are $2/GB/year. So 1 TB would be $2000/year. Keith is going to set up a system for his shop that will involve having backup external hard drives that he takes off-site and swaps out periodically. Terralyn points out that the time involved in managing this kind of approach (and the cost of that time) should be considered, because it’s shifting administrative IT work to each group.
Library is talking about hiring a Data Librarian, so they may be able to figure out ways of saving old data formats, best practices for storage, etc.
HJ Andrews LiDAR data is being housed at T:\groups\hja_lidar (read-only directory). If people want access to the directory and/or to add other LiDAR data, contact Theresa.