[Pasig-discuss] Arguments for keeping an onsite copy of digitally preserved/stored digital content?

[Michelle A. Paolillo]

Hi Gail,
I also tend to lean towards one onsite copy.  Many cloud vendors are simply reselling Amazon services.  As such, you may not really have appropriate diversity for commercially based threats if you have cloud copies only.  If Amazon goes down, much of “the cloud” goes down, regardless of who you bought it from.
Best,
Michelle

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Experts, please share your thoughts.

Are your institutions ready to "trust" the cloud for all copies of data, or is there still an argument for an onsite copy? I usually lean to keeping one onsite copy, but am I stuck in an old paradigm? From earlier PASIG thread (started by Tim) it's clear other institutions are keeping at least one copy on site.

But how do you defend this decision?

Gail





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