Restoring 3 Tb from Glacier is $370. Add about $90 if you use AWS
Import/Export (you provide the device).

Hopefully, this is not something that you would do often.

Cary

On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 8:14 AM, Matt Schultz
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 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
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Matt Schultz
> Program Manager
> Educopia Institute, MetaArchive Cooperative
> http://www.metaarchive.org
> [log in to unmask]
> 616-566-3204



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