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The medium-term prospects for long-term storage systems

The medium-term prospects for long-term storage systems PurposeIncreasingly, the content that libraries collect is no longer on paper, a long-lived, medium whose technology changes very slowly and with which they have centuries of experience. Instead, it is stored on relatively short-lived digital media whose technology appears to change rapidly and with which they have little history. The paper aims to discuss this issue.Design/methodology/approachThe storage media industry is highly competitive and is currently evolving rapidly as flash, a solid state medium, displaces spinning disk from many applications. Long-term archival storage is a small part of the total storage market. It typically re-uses media and systems intended for more general bulk storage.FindingsWhat are the medium-term prospects for change in this market?Originality/valueMuch of this material has appeared in blog posts and talks aimed at storage experts, such as the recent DARPA workshop on future of storage. It is presented here for a librarian audience with the necessary additional exposition and background. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Library Hi Tech Emerald Publishing

The medium-term prospects for long-term storage systems

Rosenthal, David Stuart Holmes
Library Hi Tech , Volume 35 (1): 21 – Mar 20, 2017
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Emerald Publishing
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0737-8831
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10.1108/LHT-11-2016-0128
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PurposeIncreasingly, the content that libraries collect is no longer on paper, a long-lived, medium whose technology changes very slowly and with which they have centuries of experience. Instead, it is stored on relatively short-lived digital media whose technology appears to change rapidly and with which they have little history. The paper aims to discuss this issue.Design/methodology/approachThe storage media industry is highly competitive and is currently evolving rapidly as flash, a solid state medium, displaces spinning disk from many applications. Long-term archival storage is a small part of the total storage market. It typically re-uses media and systems intended for more general bulk storage.FindingsWhat are the medium-term prospects for change in this market?Originality/valueMuch of this material has appeared in blog posts and talks aimed at storage experts, such as the recent DARPA workshop on future of storage. It is presented here for a librarian audience with the necessary additional exposition and background.

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Library Hi Tech – Emerald Publishing

Published: Mar 20, 2017

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