Long-term archives
Storage media decay faster than the records must last.
“Capability is a depleting resource to be spent, not a fixed budget to be defended.”
Whitepaper, §5
Storage decays. When not everything can be kept, something has to choose. The whitepaper calls this knowledge triage: keep what matters on the most durable medium, and check it.
Mru Field runs on the processors already in the equipment. When one fails and nobody can come, it continues on the ones left and delivers only results it can check. Status: decision core at TRL 3; first field pilot planned for 2027.
01
Stored data decays
Flash wears out and bits flip. Logs and settings drift unless something checks them.
02
No one to ask
When two computers disagree, there is no operator to say which one is right.
03
Power runs down
Batteries fade and panels foul. The system has to do less, on purpose, and keep the important part going.
Three computers. Then two. Then one, still working.
Most redundant systems stop when they lose their majority. Mru Field steps down instead, and says which mode it is in.
3 alive · vote
Three computers vote. One bad result is outvoted.
2 alive · compare
Two compare. A known-answer test finds the faulty one.
1 alive · self-check
The last one checks its own work and keeps what matters most, at half speed.
Power
Varies
Link
Varies
Visits
Rare, by design
Service life
Centuries
Questions
Does Mru Field need new hardware?
No. It is software for the processors you already deploy. It runs beside your control code and decides which computer to trust as parts fail.
Is this a storage product?
No. It is software that decides what to move to more durable media, and checks it, as storage fails.
How do we start?
Use the form below. We first model your hardware and show what each redundancy design returns over its whole life. Then we plan a pilot on your own equipment.
