kristoff@GENBANK.BIO.NET (Dave Kristofferson) (01/24/91)
More on the previous release debate (names have been deleted). I
still have not heard an argument which convinces me that we should use
the disk space here and am just about ready to can this proposal
unless someone comes up with a compelling reason.
Dave
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> Dave,
> I never browse GenBank, I ftp it and manipulate the intact files (break them
> apart and extract information). The problem comes when something is
> published, or a new project is begun and has to be compared with the published
> data, and the dataset is no longer available because it's three-month period
> has expired. The turnaround time for doing research and publishing the
> results is a lot longer than three months and needs are likely to arise for a
> period of several years after the posting and demise of a given GenBank
> release.
>
But we can't keep releases up for an extended period of time. I think
it is more economical if each site just makes a backup tape of what
they FTP over from us. That way they can restore whatever individual
files are needed for just a short time on their system and then delete
them.
Dave