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FUNCTION: The Bergen Data Center (BDC) provides data archival capability for meteorological and oceanographic data. DESCRIPTION: The BDC operates as a resource for researchers, visiting scientists, and collaborators to access meteorological and oceanographic data. From its initial capacity of 31 TB in 1998, the BDC has grown to its present capacity of 271 TB. It accomodates diverse research requirements, providing archiving of critical data. INSTRUMENTATION: The facility includes a server, SAN switch, tape library, and tape drives. The server, tape library, and tape drives are linked together by Cisco Systems MDS 9216 SAN switch and Cisco Systems MDS 9509 SAN director. The Dell PowerEdge 2850 with the RedHat Enterprise Linux operating system runs Veritas Netbackup Enterprise software for backup, archiving, and tape library management. The tape library has 678 tape slots and 6 tape drives each having a direct connection to the SAN. BDC has a data transfer rate of 1.5 TB per hour. The total online tape storage capacity is 271 TB.