Rosalyn's post made me think of one more thing.... if you are looking
into outside entities (such as we are), what are the terms of service
and what guarantee do they offer they won't lose your data? I believe
that A3 does not offer any guarantee, so if you go with them, you
probably want to have some other form of storage as well. Even if they
offered a guarantee, what good is it once they loose your documents you
were trying to preserve?
Edward Corrado
Rosalyn Metz wrote:
Hi Edward,
Might I suggest you look into cloud computing services if you're looking at
different options. (I know you're all shocked I suggested it). If our
budget weren't so abysmal (and going to get worse) we would be using it
right now rather than the snap server we purchased with leftover funds. The
benefits of using the cloud is of course the elasticity it offers you. The
negative is that you have to pay to put your files into the cloud and then
pay again to take them out (and since we've already been slashed 30% and are
guaranteed another slash...that idea was shot down).
Of course the major player out there is Amazon S3. The problem is that you
can't use S3 via Amazon's Web Management Console. But there is a company
called RightScale (http://www.rightscale.com/index.php) which has a web
management console that allows you to upload files quickly and easily
without having to write scripts and what not.
Anyway, just my two cents.
Rosalyn
On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 8:10 AM, Edward Iglesias
<edwardigles...@gmail.com>wrote:
As I was trying to figure out what to do with half a terabyte of
archival TIFFS it occurred to me that perhaps someone else had this
problem. We are starting to produce massive amounts of digital
objects (videos, archival TIFFS, audio interviews). Up until now we
have been dealing with ways to display them to the public. Now we are
starting to look at "dark archives" like OCLC's digital archive
product. I would welcome any suggestions from those of you who have
dealt with this on an archival level. It's one thing to stick the
stuff up on a server, but then what? Our CIO suggested storage
appliances like this one
http://www.drobo.com/products/index.php
but I am wary of the proprietary RAID system.
Thanks in advance,
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Edward Iglesias
Systems Librarian
Central Connecticut State University
