Science News Online (6/5/99): References for "Data storage on a global scale"

The Weekly Newsmagazine of Science

Volume 155, Number 23 (June 5, 1999)

References & Sources

Data storage on a global scale

Preserving electronic data may require storing archival material on the Internet in such a way that it can be recreated even if as many as half of the participating computers are destroyed.

References:

Chen, Y., et al. Preprint. A prototype implementation of Archival Intermemory. Available at http://www.neci.nj.nec.com/homepages/pny/intermemory/index.html.

Further Readings:

Goldberg, A.V., and P.N. Yianilos. 1998. Towards an Archival Intermemory. Available at http://www.neci.nj.nec.com/homepages/pny/intermemory/index.html.

Lipkin, R. 1995. The library that isn't there. Science News 147(June 3):344.

Additional information about the Archival Intermemory is available at http://www.intermemory.org.

Sources:

Peter N. Yianilos
NEC Research Institute
4 Independence Way
Princeton, NJ 08540
Web site: http://www.neci.nj.nec.com/homepages/pny/intermemory/index.html