Why is SRB offered as an option with DSpace?
Three reasons: (1) UCSD, MIT, and SDSC received a grant from NARA (National Archives and Records Administration) to integrate DSpace and SRB. (2) UCSD has large collections of digital objects (several hundred thousand objects and roughly six terabytes) for which UCSD would like to use DSpace for management and access and eventually preservation. This would put a severe strain on DSpace’s current restriction that all bitstream storage be in the DSpace server’s filesystem. (3) SRB offers a DSpace a storage option that will enhance its scalability and improve its backup and preservation ability.
