Josh,

Totally understand the resource constraints and the price comparison
up-front. As Roy alluded to earlier, it pays with Glacier to envision what
your content retrieval scenarios might be, because that $368 up-front could
very easily balloon in situations where you are needing to restore a
collection(s) en-masse at a later date. Amazon Glacier as a service makes
their money on that end. In MetaArchive there is currently no charge for
collection retrieval for the sake of a restoration. You are also subject
and powerless over the long-term to Amazon's price hikes with Glacier.
Because we are a Cooperative, our members collaboratively work together
annually to determine technology preferences, vendors, pricing, cost
control, etc. You have a direct seat at the table to help steer the
solution in your direction.

On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 10:09 AM, Joshua Welker <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Matt,
>
> I appreciate the information. At that price, it looks like MetaArchive
> would be a better option than most of the other services mentioned in this
> thread. At this point, I think it is going to come down to a LOCKSS
> solution such as what MetaArchive provides or Amazon Glacier. We anticipate
> our digital collection growing to about 3TB in the first two years. With
> Glacier, that would be $368 per year vs $3,072 per year for MetaArchive and
> LOCKSS. As much as I would like to support library initiatives like LOCKSS,
> we are a small institution with a very small budget, and the pricing of
> Glacier is starting to look too good to pass up.
>
> Josh Welker
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> Matt Schultz
> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2013 8:49 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Digital collection backups
>
> Hi Josh,
>
> Glad you are looking into LOCKSS as a potential solution for your needs
> and that you are thinking beyond simple backup solutions for more long-term
> preservation. Here at MetaArchive Cooperative we make use of LOCKSS to
> preserve a range of content/collections from our member institutions.
>
> The nice thing (I think) about our approach and our use of LOCKSS as an
> embedded technology is that you as an institution retain full control over
> your collections in the preservation network and get to play an active and
> on-going part in their preservation treatment over time. Storage costs in
> MetaArchive are competitive ($1/GB/year), and with that you get up to 7
> geographic replications. MetaArchive is international at this point and so
> your collections really do achieve some safe distance from any disasters
> that may hit close to home.
>
> I'd be more than happy to talk with you further about your collection
> needs, why we like LOCKSS, and any interest your institution may have in
> being part of a collaborative approach to preserving your content above and
> beyond simple backup. Feel free to contact me directly.
>
> Matt Schultz
> Program Manager
> Educopia Institute, MetaArchive Cooperative http://www.metaarchive.org
> [log in to unmask]
> 616-566-3204
>
> On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 5:20 PM, Joshua Welker <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > We are starting a digitization project for some of our special
> > collections, and we are having a hard time setting up a backup system
> > that meets the long-term preservation needs of digital archives. The
> > backup mechanisms currently used by campus IT are short-term full-server
> backups.
> > What we are looking for is more granular, file-level backup over the
> > very long term. Does anyone have any recommendations of software or
> > some service or technique? We are looking into LOCKSS but haven't dug
> too deeply yet.
> > Can anyone who uses LOCKSS tell me a bit of their experiences with it?
> >
> > Josh Welker
> > Electronic/Media Services Librarian
> > College Liaison
> > University Libraries
> > Southwest Baptist University
> > 417.328.1624
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Matt Schultz
> Program Manager
> Educopia Institute, MetaArchive Cooperative http://www.metaarchive.org
> [log in to unmask]
> 616-566-3204
>



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