Case Study: IMARES achieves secure, cost-efficient long-term storage of acoustic fish-stock data with SURF Data Archive

IMARES stores 8 TB of acoustic data a year with SURF

IMARES, a Dutch institute for applied marine ecological research, faced the challenge of safely and cost-efficiently storing large quantities of acoustic data used to map herring stocks in the North Sea. They partnered with vendor SURF to utilize its Data Archive service for this long-term storage need.

SURF implemented its Data Archive service to provide a secure and cost-effective solution for IMARES' data archiving. This resulted in significant cost savings compared to the institute's previous storage method and ensured the data's long-term security. The service was so efficient that archiving a year's worth of data, approximately 8 TB, requires only two visits annually.

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