KeyLessons intheEfficient Archive ofSmallFiles totheCCLRC MSS Using

Highvolume data projects within theCCLRCandthe widerUK academic community (ISIS, BADC,and BBSRC)areincreasingly looking toimplement access to a"limitless "dataarchive through anSRBinfrastructure. Thispaperdescribes therecent development ofSRB containers asanefficient solution tothe"small file problem ",andthebenefits this hasbrought tothese scientific communities as itopensup highvolume archives andMassStorage Systems asvital components ofSRB-based datamanagement inftastructures. By tracing thedevelopment ofcontainer implementation into theAtlas Petabyte DataStore (based atCCLRCinthe UK),across three specific projects (CMS,BBSRCand especially ISIS), thepaperidentifies anddescribes key lessons learned, bothforCCLRC's particular projects andalso forarchival systems ingeneral.