CERN Computing Seminar

Data Recording Technology - past, present & future

Name: Data Recording Technology - past, present & future
Start: 2002-05-29T16:00:00+02:00
End: 2002-05-29T17:00:00+02:00
Location: CERN

by Jim Craze

Wednesday 29 May 2002, 16:00 → 17:00 Europe/Zurich

40-S2-B01 (CERN)

40-S2-B01

CERN

Description

A driving force behind key decisions in data acquisition, processing, sorting, analyzing, and storage of data is the quality of the recording system. Quality of design, along with hardware, recording media, and the recording media interface can make a significant difference in the quality and reliability of resulting data. This talk will touch on various aspects of past and present data storage processes, and look to the near future (3-5 years) to give personal views mixed with some known developmental products that could shape the future of data storage. Hearing another viewpoint on data storage is an opportunity to benefit and perhaps learn some thing new about the importance of quality data recordings that can compliment your decision process. Data can be considered 'priceless' when it is known that certain research and special event data can not be generated economically or collected a second time. This talk will offer some suggestions on keeping data readable after it is already in hand as well as comments on improving data quality before recording.

Organiser(s): Julian Blake / IT Division