Jenn Riley and Ichiro Fujinaga

Recommended Best Practices for Digital Image Capture of Musical Scores

Sample System for Storage and Delivery of Digital Images

Total storage (3TB) cost (as of February 2003): $49,000

• Web server with 3TB: $17000
  • Dell server: $5100
  • Arena Indy 2600 16bay RAID5 IDE-SCSI disk array: $6300
  • 16 x 200GB disks ($350 each): $5600
• Autoloader 4TB Dell PowerVault 1288T LTO tape backup (200GB Ultrium): $10000
• 60 Ultirum tapes x $55: $3300
• Pioneer DRM3000 DVD-burner: $15000
• 2000 DVD-R x $0.55: $1100 (three copies of 3TB backup)
• UPS, extra hard disks, extra media: $2600

The basic premise of this configuration is the assumption that most of the data on this server will not change much once the digitization process is complete, thus the use of DVDs for long-term storage and relatively small number of tapes for backup. These specifications, however, will constantly change, for example, 400GB Ultrium tapes will be available in the near future.

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