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Google will host large scientific datasets at . That is, of you have a dataset that is requested constantly, now you can ‘open-source’ it and let google take the server load. Wired has this covered.
For those not seeing the point in having open, portable data, this presentation (Making Massive Datasets Universally Accessible and Useful) is a good an explanation.
How do you ship a large dataset to google? Well, they send you hard drives in a suitcase!:
(Google people) are providing a 3TB drive array (Linux RAID5). The array is provided in “suitcase” and shipped to anyone who wants to send they data to Google. Anyone interested gives Google the file tree, and they SLURP the data off the drive. I believe they can extend this to a larger array (my memory says 20TB).
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AMA citation:
Quesada J. Google’s Palimpsest project: Open-Source Science Data. Academic Productivity. 2008. Available at: https://academicproductivity.com/2008/googles-palimpsest-project-open-source-science-data/. Accessed July 1, 2011.
APA citation:
Quesada, Jose. (2008). Google’s Palimpsest project: Open-Source Science Data. Retrieved July 1, 2011, from Academic Productivity Web site: https://academicproductivity.com/2008/googles-palimpsest-project-open-source-science-data/
Chicago citation:
Quesada, Jose. 2008. Google’s Palimpsest project: Open-Source Science Data. Academic Productivity. https://academicproductivity.com/2008/googles-palimpsest-project-open-source-science-data/ (accessed July 1, 2011).
Harvard citation:
Quesada, J 2008, Google’s Palimpsest project: Open-Source Science Data, Academic Productivity. Retrieved July 1, 2011, from
MLA citation:
Quesada, Jose. "Google’s Palimpsest project: Open-Source Science Data." 13 Jun. 2008. Academic Productivity. Accessed 1 Jul. 2011.
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June 14th, 2008 at 6:41 pm
Something to keep an eye out for: Google Data…
Wired reports that Google plans to release, soon, a framework for hosting, storing, and distributing large or frequently used data. The Project, Palimpsest, will pay the fees to both ship the data (by sending users a 3TB hard drive to…
June 16th, 2008 at 3:40 pm
It’s a great idea, yet – to be perfectly honest – I probably wouldn’t have open-sourced the data I gathered during my Ph.D. until I had “secured” the publications I needed for my thesis. Moreover, I’ve talked to many researchers who are reluctant to share the data underlying their publications – perhaps fearing that it could be used to show calculation errors in their work. I know it’s not how academia *should* work, but it’s been my experience.
I wonder whether this habit of secrecy depends on my academic discipline (consumer research/psychology), and whether other disciplines are more open about their data?
September 5th, 2008 at 1:51 pm
I cant wait to see all the new developments from google. The new browser and operating system.