Helmholtz Association

08. January 2013 Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Information from former times survived centuries on stone and paper. Modern hard disks, DVDs, and magnetic tapes are less stable and lose reliability after a few years already. However, they are used for the storage of data that have been gathered by modern research projects funded by millions of Euros. In the “Alliance for Research Data Storage” established in the beginning of this year, computer scientists of KIT develop strategies to overcome this dilemma in cooperation with colleagues from Cologne and Göttingen.

Data Safe for Research

Information from former times survived centuries on stone and paper. Modern hard disks, DVDs, and magnetic tapes are less stable and lose reliability after a few years already. However, they are used for the storage of data that have been gathered by modern research projects funded by millions of Euros. In the “Alliance for Research Data Storage” established in the beginning of this year, computer scientists of KIT develop strategies to overcome this dilemma in cooperation with colleagues from Cologne and Göttingen.

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