If a University really wanted to do something with all the hundreds/thousands of computers sitting around doing nothing for 90% of the day, they should look at distributed storage.
There are thousands of highed ed institutions all over the country giving you incredible data redundancy.
Most University Computers don't allow much local storage anyways.
No more UPS losing your tape backups of financial bank records.
The prOn industry has been doing this for years, but a more formalized approach might help.,
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If a University really wanted to do something with all the hundreds/thousands of computers sitting around doing nothing for 90% of the day, they should look at distributed storage. There are thousands of highed ed institutions all over the country giving you incredible data redundancy. Most University Computers don't allow much local storage anyways. No more UPS losing your tape backups of financial bank records. The prOn industry has been doing this for years, but a more formalized approach might help.,