Task Name: Persistent Archives Testbed: digital video preservation (Manuscripts and Archives)

Task Description: Receiving digital video files in mathematically lossless Motion JPEG2000 (ca. 10TB) from the System for the Automated Migration of Media Archives (SAMMA), MSSA will in conjunction with the San Diego Supercomputer Center make use of 'data virtualization' middleware in order to explore the feasibility of distributed digital video preservation.

ILTS Group(s):
ITS Library Systems Group

Status: Current

Status Comment: 4TB MPAK Disk Array installed by AM&T Library Group; Storage negotions with SDSC ongoing; Network optimization between SDSC and Yale over Internet2 proceeding.

Initial Period of Activity: Spring 05

Initiative Type: Integrated Access

Primary Category: Digital Preservation

Additional Categories: Digital Services

Primary Stakeholder: Manuscripts & Archives

Additional Stakeholders: Electronic Collections

Partners: This project is a Manuscripts & Archives initiative in conjunction with the San Diego Supercomputer Center.

E-mail Contact: stephen.yearl@yale.edu