Distributed Internet Archive Systems for Educational Repositories
Overview
DIASER is an advanced disk based backup volume management system with triple redundancy. A quick and low-cost way to make an environment more robust and data more accessible by archiving in multiple places. This replication also provides fast retrieval of archived data from all node hosting locations. A Perl installer creates the system. The application provides a decentralised, self-contained, and managed storage utility.
Nodes can be dedicated to storage or used for existing services over unused bandwidth. DIASER works in user space over SSH. The software is based on DIAP which is a storage architecture designed to structure months to years of long term sustainable archiving space.
Lead institution
- University of Southampton
Partner institutions
