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

[David Rosenthal]

On 06/21/2017 12:47 PM, gail at trumantechnologies.com wrote:
> 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.

#1 - See: 
http://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/visuel/2015/03/06/google-memorial-le-petit-musee-des-projets-google-abandonnes_4588392_4408996.html

#2 - See https://aws.amazon.com/glacier/pricing/ and do the math.
      Glacier is cheap(-ish) provided you only access a small part
      of your data each month. If you need the whole thing, it costs
      a lot at a time when you're probably short of cash.

	David.