WUSB Digitzation Project

Here's what I am working on for the grants for WUSB radio digitization. I am waiting on most of the numbers but this is what we'd be looking for:

WUSB Digitization Project v0.8

Part I: Hardware

Goals

• Archive the entire wusb library for easy search, retrieval and playback
• Replace the digikart with a more robust but just as easy to use solution

Storage Requirements

• 35,000 cds immediately (12TB)
• 7,500 cds / year (+2.5TB / year)
• This assumes all cds are full albums that compresses on average to 333MB

Storage Solution ($2075)

• Need 14TB of usable storage + room to expand
• NORCO RPC-4224 3U Rackmount 24 bay SATA/SAS case ($400)
• Areca ARC-1220 SATAIIx8 PCI-Express raid ($475)
• 9x2TB WD AV-GP WD20ECDS ($1200)

Server Audio Requirements

• 2 stereo outs (audition/program), 1 stereo in (master mix)

Server Solution ($965)

• ASRock X58 Extreme mobo ($175)
• Core i7 950 ($280)
• PowerColor AX5450 ($50)
• Corsair XMS-3 2x4GB DDR3 ($100)
• Corsair CMPSU-950TX ($160)
• 2xM-Audio Audiophile 2496 ($200)

Import Requirements

• Import current library in less than 6 weeks
• Automatic metadata lookup
• Double parity disk checking

Importing ($6000)

• Ripstation 7604 from simplyez.com ($4400)
• Extension to 3-year warrantee ($1600)

Summary

• Year 0: 2x(Storage + Server) + Ripstation = $12,080
• Year 1: 4x(CD Drives) = $125
• Year 2: 6x(Hard Drives) + 2x(CD Drives) + Raid (8x) Controller = $1000
• Year 3: 4x(Hard Drives) + 2x(CD Drives) = $850
• Year 4: 4x(Hard Drives) + 2x(CD Drives) = $750
• Year 5: 2x(Hard Drives) + 2x(CD Drives) = $650
• Year 6: 6x(Hard Drives) + 2x(CD Drives) + Raid (4x) Controller = $750
• Year 7: 2x(Hard Drives) + 2x(CD Drives) = $250
• Year 8: 2x(CD Drives) = $100
• Year 9: 2x(CD Drives) = $100
• Total Price over 10 years: $16,655
• Total Storage over 8 years: 35TB ( 100,000+ albums )
• Prices from newegg except where noted

Part II: Software

Goals

• Allow any dj to use any software they are comfortable with to play music from the library
• Store the audio in a format flexible enough to migrate to whatever we want in the future
• Keep a low latency - three djs should be able to play 2 tracks plus a third for cue
• Be able to view music trends, dj statistics in an interesting and meaningful way
• Generate and submit playlists and archives automagically
• Link the songs played in each playlist to a referral service to buy them?

File Format

• Flac is free, open source, cross platform, streams well, and has good metadata support
• With fuse, people can browse /music/mp3/ or other formats which convert on the fly
• We can proxy the conversion with another machine if we want to

Software Interface

• Share the archive over the internal network through nfs - no internal db should exist
• This allows any dj to use their own software, including anything on the CR machines

WUSB Grant letter of introduction

To whom it may concern:

> My name is Justine and I am a volunteer at WUSB 90.1 FM, a high
> powered non-commercial college radio station located on the campus of Stony
> Brook University in Stony Brook NY.  We are a not-for-profit, Public Service
> Broadcast media outlet broadcasting live 24 hours a day.

>  In an effort to streamline our facility and make it run more efficiently we
> have a plan to digitize our music library within the next six months and
> archive all of the music we currently have in our library.
> Your grant will financially help us to achieve these goals, open
> opportunities for students and community volunteers and help bring the
> station into the twenty-first century.

> I am prepared to begin the application process and offer any additional
> information you made need in order to reach an approval.  I look forward to
> hearing from you soon.

> Sincerely,
> Justine A. S.
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