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Components

=Hard Drives=

==Storage Transfer Drives (STDs)==
'''Purpose:''' storage media for copies of acquired media or SIPs arranged by archivists

'''Requirements:'''
*Minimize transfer time
**Limiting factor for transfer rate is likely bus transfer rate, not read/write speed of disk.
*At least 1TB in size
*Flexibility to interface with different types of Producer systems
*reliable, not prone to overheating
'''Hardware:'''
*Internal drive, plus
**Portable drive enclosure(s)
**Interface Options - USB 2.0/Firewire
***eSATA not desireable for transfer from producer systems - requires eSATA card on producer computer; still desirable for copying onsite

'''HDD formatting:'''
*Windows - use NTFS
*Mac - HFS+ (Mac non-journalled)
*Linux - ext2

Need:
20-30 hdds
4-6 enclosures

==STD copies==
'''Purpose:''' Storage media for back-up copy of STD/SIP until ingest is complete and AIP storage is confirmed
'''Requirements:'''
*Different brands/manufacturers to minimize risk of systematic mfg failure
Same options as for STDs

=DA Stations=

==Duplication Station==
'''Purpose:''' Make back-up copies of STD

'''Requirements'''
Processing power

'''Hardware'''
PC - no Windows O/S (run Ubuntu natively)
'''2''' or 4 bay enclosure w. eSATA connection

==Processing Station==
'''Purpose:''' Transforms SIP(s) taken from STD to AIP(s) and writes to Archival Transfer Disk (ATD)

Requirements:
*Lots of processing power
*I/O Interface; either:
**USB/Firewire/eSATA ports
**link to external hdd enclosure - multi bay (2-4 drives)

==Archival Transfer Station==
'''Purpose:''' Reads AIP(s) from ATD and uploads to networked archival storage

'''Requirements'''

'''Hardware'''

==Mac Station==
'''Purpose''' Appraising mac specific formats - mostly audio, video and image formats and related software

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