Preservation support and data management services built on cloud infrastructure Features: Ingest once, and make multiple copies to multiple storage providers Provides easy pathway to the cloud Web enabled, no client software needed One unified interface across multiple providers Built on highly scalable, flexible shared infrastructure turn key services for preservation support Open source platform
A style of computing where massively scalable IT-related capabilities are provided “as a service” using Internet technologies to multiple external customers. (Gartner, 6/08) Cloud Infrastructure
Replication Image Transformation Bit Integrity Checking Image Viewing Media Streaming Scalable …more on roadmap File Format Validation
Amazon S3 Azure Rackspace duracloud.org Virtual server duracloud.org Virtual server Local Content Flow of content
Blacklight Islandora Hydra dSpace 2(?) Fedora local Array local Array Copy 1 DuraCloud External Web Address External Web Address Copy 2 Copy 3 DuraCloud as part of a larger system
Transfer Content via: -- Web User Interface -- Sync Utility -- REST API Your Repository
YOUR CONTENT TRANSFERRED TO DURACLOUD
PREVIEWING YOUR CONTENT
DuraCloud now available open source software Open core Open API Open Source Apache-style license Architecture to create cloud networks Public clouds Private clouds University consortia
UniversityUse CaseRepository Rice UPreservationDSpace, meta archive Hamilton CollegeAccess/international collaboration Fedora Northwestern UPreservation books, audio, image Fedora U of PEIImage accessFedora/Islandora Cornell UsecurityFedora ICPSRPreservationFedora IUPUIPreservationDSpace, Content DM Rhodes CollegeImage AccessDSpace North Carolina State UPreservationDSpace CARLPreservation and ServicesFedora ChronopolisIntegration with GridIRODS MITPreservationDspace ColumbiaPreservation and ServicesIA, Fedora WGBHAccess and PreservationDAM
10/2009 Initial Pilot Program Begins Release 0.1 Cloud Storage Mediation 11/ /2010 Release 0.2 Cloud- based Service Infrastructur e Release 0.3 Security & File Synchronization 05/ /2010 Release 0.4 Media Streaming Public Beta Release 03/ /2010 Expanded Pilot Program Begins Release 0.5 Open Source Release 07/2010
Robust preservation services platform Seamless integration with DSpace and Fedora Integration with other content management systems Improved handling of multi media Able to support private applications Serve individual researcher
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