[Pasig-discuss] Preservation Storage suppliers

Wed Dec 20 06:18:07 EST 2017

Dear Antonio, 

all,

I have a specific question about LIBDATA. I understand it to be HW with a SW storage management layer. Does it support multiple independent copies as well as geographically spread storage clusters?
Coming from a digital preservation unit which is not embedded into the organization’s IT department, those are the two issues I find hardest to explain to IT as a digital preservation need.

Looking through your brochure I didn’t see pointers towards those issues (might be me just not having seen them), so I was wondering what the thoughts are on this.

Cheers,
ML

Michelle Lindlar
Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB)
German National Library of Science and Technology
Digital Preservation
Welfengarten 1 B // 30167 Hannover, Germany
T +49 511 762-19826 
michelle.lindlar at tib.eu <mailto:michelle.lindlar at tib.eu> 
www.tib.eu <http://www.tib.eu/> 

Von: Pasig-discuss [mailto:pasig-discuss-bounces at asist.org] Im Auftrag von Antonio Guillermo Martinez (LIBNOVA)
Gesendet: Montag, 18. Dezember 2017 19:32
An: pasig-discuss at mail.asis.org
Betreff: Re: [Pasig-discuss] Preservation Storage suppliers

Dear Aslam,

We currently provide a digital preservation-specific Operating System (LIBDATAos), on top of a high density, low cost, high robustness hardware.

The main benefits we see for our customers are:

*	Preservation-specific features (see the attached brochure for details), but:

	*	Hashing could be done directly by the storage appliance using an API (20x faster hashing performance over traditional server-based approach)
	*	There are WORM-protected areas. System-level protection for modification or deletion with some rules.
	*	Including DarkSync mode, with advanced file replication, without propagating deletions and overwrites directly and tDhe ability to generate system-wide manifests of storage contents.

*	Highly secure with embedded bit rot protection, standard ZFS filesystem (extended Z1, Z2 or Z3 data protection of every 12 disks). Storage mountable using standard CIFS (including SMB v3) and NFS, among other protocols.
*	High density, with 2PB of raw capacity in a 42U rack, or 216TB for each 4U appliance.
*	Low cost, with very low cost of acquisition and operation.
*	NBD support nearly in every State.
*	Very easy to manage. Everything is done using a management web interface.

When you use the LIBDATA storage combined with the LIBSAFE Integrated Digital Preservation Repository software, you also get a lot of extended benefits.

Best regards, AG.

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From: Pasig-discuss [mailto:pasig-discuss-bounces at asist.org] On Behalf Of Aslam Ghumra (IT Services, Facilities Management)
Sent: Monday, December 18, 2017 1:19 PM
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Subject: [Pasig-discuss] Preservation Storage suppliers

Hi All, 

Since it’s quite here I’ve been able to review the conference notes of PASIG17 and there was a presentation from someone ( prob from the US ) regarding preservation storage.

She inferred in her talk that she has already had several chats with some suppliers but was collating more.

We have a storage solution, but I really want to understand what is meant by “Preservation Storage” and how does that differentiate to normal archival storage or data where is it tiered off to an archive.

There is a criteria “Preservation Storage Criteria, Version 2” which I’ve been reviewing via the presentation “Acid-free AIPS: Digital preservation storage criteria” by Sibyl Schaefer.

Any pointers to suppliers whether you use them or not would be greatly received.

Aslam Ghumra

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