Preservation In The Cloud Markus Wust NCSU Libraries

Why Cloud Services For Preservation Geographic distribution of preservation copies to prevent data loss due to localized natural disasters Data replication on technically and administratively diverse infrastructure to counter local technical failures Use of robust, existing data storage and replication systems

Example: DuraCloud Developed by Duraspace (also develop Fedora and DSpace repositories) NCSU Libraries was a pilot partner Data can be stored with multiple commercial storage providers (Amazon, Rackspace, Microsoft)

Example: DuraCloud DuraCloud provides: – Administrative interface – Content management tools – Integration with Fedora and DSpace – Content delivery tools: Image server Streaming video server Content is stored with commercial storage providers (currently Amazon and Rackspace)

Pilot Experiences Overall positive Consider: – You pay for cloud storage -> content assessment: what content is important enough? – Other cloud preservation offers: TRLN is a Hathi Trust partner -> Hathi Trust is highly specialized, whereas DuraCloud is content agnostic – Even if you trust your cloud provider, still have an exit strategy