[game_preservation] [Monthly SIG Roundup] May 2009

[Andrew Armstrong]

No idea TBH - but I doubt it's too many GB of data, even if the entirety 
of the older site structure was saved somewhere.

Andrew

Dan Pinchbeck wrote:

> I'm trying to arrange a server with tape back-up at the moment for HoTU - what kind of space requirements are we talking about-  may be able to smuggle it alongside?

>

> Not a definite, but can see if we can make it work....

>

> dan

>

> Dr Dan Pinchbeck

> Advanced Games Research Group

> School of Creative Technologies

> University of Portsmouth, UK

>

> www.thechineseroom.co.uk

> www.keep.port.ac.uk

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>>>> Andrew Armstrong <andrew at aarmstrong.org> 13/05/09 9:52 PM >>>

>>>>         

> Oh, also one thing; if anyone has any ideas on good 3rd party backup and 

> storage places (or if you can offer such a service free of charge to the 

> IGDA) that'd be awesome. As far as I know they'll be staying with 

> USA-base Pair hosting, so that might need to be taken into account, but 

> I'd certainly like to see the data secured by something other then a 

> RAID array and perhaps partial backup, or whatever is currently assumed 

> to work.

>

> Andrew

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