[Pasig-discuss] Digital repository storage benchmarking

[Jeanne Kramer-Smyth]

Dear Arthur,

It could even be something as simple as a shared Google Spreadsheet that
people can add their institution's information to over time. It would be
great if it could be a living document.

Thanks!
Jeanne


On Thu, May 18, 2017 at 2:40 PM, Arthur Pasquinelli <
arthurpasquinelli at gmail.com> wrote:

> I was just thinking the same thing since we have had some good discussions
> now and in the past. Since I have kept a copy of all past PASIG emails,
> I'll work on it with the other PASIG steering committee members. We are in
> the middle of some administrative work for PASIG right now, so I'll add
> this to the things being worked on.
>
>
> On 5/18/17 11:18 AM, Jeanne Kramer-Smyth wrote:
>
> What would folks think of all of this amazing information being collected
> in a shared document somewhere?
>
> Jeanne
>
> On Thu, May 18, 2017 at 1:52 PM, Katherine Skinner <katherine at educopia.org
> > wrote:
>
>> I love this thread--thank you for starting it, Tim!
>>
>> The MetaArchive Cooperative started preserving content with six
>> institutions in 2004; it has grown to encompass more than 60 institutions,
>> including through consortial memberships with several regional consortia
>> (in Barcelona and Ohio) and a library alliance (HBCU).
>>
>> Our mission is to provide a strong preservation community as well as an
>> affordable preservation solution for distributed digital preservation for a
>> wide variety of memory-oriented organizations. Our members constantly learn
>> from each other as they compare workflows, tools, approaches, and policies.
>>
>> More details, specific to your questions, Tim:
>>
>>    - we are actively preserving 1,200+ collections totaling 85TB of
>>    content (and that is slated to almost double in the next year)
>>    - content is ingested via bags (BagIt) and can be submitted in a
>>    variety of ways
>>    - every file is replicated 7 times and stored in 7 secure,
>>    geographically distributed locations on infrastructure that includes both
>>    physical servers (at some member institutions) and "cloud-based" and VM
>>    infrastructures
>>    - content is regularly audited using LOCKSS voting and polling
>>    mechanisms
>>    - when needed, content is repaired and metadata describing that event
>>    is created
>>
>> Other details that may be of interest:
>>
>>    - pricing is $500/TB for storage fees, plus an annual membership fee
>>    of between $3,000-$5,500 depending on the selected category
>>    - some members host network infrastructure; others pay a small annual
>>    fee ($1000) to waive that responsibility
>>    - MetaArchive is entirely run, owned, and controlled by its
>>    members--including pricing decisions
>>
>> Carly Dearborn (Purdue University) is the current Chair of the Steering
>> Committee. If you are interested in learning more, please reach out to me (
>> Katherine at Educopia.org) or Carly (cdearbor at purdue.edu) while the
>> network's facilitator, Sam Meister, is out on paternity leave until early
>> July.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *Katherine Skinner, PhD*
>> Executive Director, Educopia Institute
>> http://educopia.org
>>
>> Working from Greensboro, NC
>> katherine at educopia.org | 404 783 2534 <%28404%29%20783-2534>
>>
>>
>>
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