Understanding and managing modern storage is a complex issue. Media
can be digitised in various qualities and formats. Costs vary
according to a large number of factors, including volume of storage,
access requirements, level of redundancy and the content management
system in place. Prices change over time. Media migrate from media
with smaller per-unit volumes to media with larger capacities.
The Storage Ready Reckoner draws on the experience of audio visual
archives together with relevant information from manufacturers. It is
a simple piece tool to allow archivists to get answers to the basic
how much, how many questions concerning both physical and electronic
storage management. It can provide the basis for calculating total
cost of ownership of various storage options over at least a
twenty-year timescale.
