DIAP ® - Introduction

Updated 27/02/2010

IETF-ID V11

JISC funding awarded (DIASER) - start 01/04/09 click for more info

Designed and developed using:

Virtual Basement

Hyper-virtual auto-changer (Aiming to protect mission critical data: 'You can't afford to lose...' )

'Quick and low-cost way to make an environment more robust by backing up data in multiple places.'

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'Distributed Internet Archiving Protocol.'


The IETF protocol has been moved from DIAP to LTASP. Long-Term Archive Storage 
Protocol disambiguates Distributed Internet Archiving Protocol. More accurately
describing the aims of the project. The name of DIASER, this GPL software 
product, will not change. Abstract taken from: 
http://www.ietf.org/id/draft-brasher-ltasp-03.txt

Long-term archiving storage fundamentally begins with archive data Accumulation,
then Geo-duplication and then Management. Using A->G->M, LTASP has been created to 
solve mid-range and below, long-term archiving requirements of the small-medium
enterprise. Where tape has been deployed in the past, LTASP now offers an 
alternative solution designed to be more robust and manageable in the long term
than network attached storage devices or simple disk storage alone.

This site remains here for reference.

A de-centralised, self-contained and managed storage utility with triple redundancy, proactive and retrospective archiving.

This site assists development of an IETF-ID. For software application development see DIASER - Distributed Internet Archive System for Educational Repositories.

Design philosophy...

Maximise:- Storage capacity, availability of data, data restoration and recovery speed, scalability, modularity, cross-platform deployment, resilience and robustness.
Minimise:- Operating bandwidth overhead, impact of network outages, management overheads, support costs.
Simplify:- Development cycle, deployment, data recovery, operation, integration with existing systems.

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Financial gains for any SME are foreseen. The obvious advantage is reduced reliance on tape systems, the fact that the most valuable data is retained even under extreme data loss conditions may reduce insurance premiums, less time spent supporting backups including faster retrieval times and rapid deployment. Designed for in-house deployment to avoid violating copyright laws. For the contract systems administrator or for risky jobs deploy for peace of mind.

As project maturity is reached, to help reduce an organisations carbon footprint.