"We need our data to be online and always available, because it is my belief that once you put it on a physical device that is off the network, it becomes less useful," said Curt Tilmes, systems engineer at NASA. "Once the entire science data archive is online and immediately accessible with a technology such as Archivas, the entire nature of enabled research changes and new avenues previously unavailable become open."
NASA Launches Multi-Terabyte Archive
'We need our data to be online and always available, because it is my belief that once you put it on a physical device that is off the network, it becomes less useful'
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center has selected Archivas ArC technology and is installing a 36 terabyte archive to store science data from space that is continuously being downloaded from NASA deployed satellites. This data can range up to a few gigabytes in size and are used by researchers and scientists throughout the world who are involved in a number of critical projects related to the study of planets and outer space.
"We need our data to be online and always available, because it is my belief that once you put it on a physical device that is off the network, it becomes less useful," said Curt Tilmes, systems engineer at NASA. "Once the entire science data archive is online and immediately accessible with a technology such as Archivas, the entire nature of enabled research changes and new avenues previously unavailable become open."
The NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, located in a Maryland suburb outside of Washington, D.C., is home to the nation's largest organization of combined scientists and engineers dedicated to learning and sharing their knowledge of the Earth, solar system and universe.
"We need our data to be online and always available, because it is my belief that once you put it on a physical device that is off the network, it becomes less useful," said Curt Tilmes, systems engineer at NASA. "Once the entire science data archive is online and immediately accessible with a technology such as Archivas, the entire nature of enabled research changes and new avenues previously unavailable become open."
