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My part of the world (commercial) could also use resources of this type. Are there any plans for having a range of questions that would be applicable to this constituency? 

From reviewing the responses from the member institutions, there are some parallels but there are more differences (legacy systems, high dependence on data tape, etc.).

John

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On Feb 9, 2012, at 3:27 PM, Shawn Rounds wrote:

> I'm new to this group but I like this idea.  Just the sort of exchange of
> information that I can use.
> 
> Shawn
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> Shawn Rounds
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> On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 1:35 PM, Andrew Woods <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> It looks like a good idea to me, Andrea.
>> What do you think would be a productive way for such "discussions" to
>> play out? The choices occur to me as being: email thread, wiki,
>> conference call, or likely some combination. Going ahead and
>> collecting some points of discussion to post on the wiki seems like a
>> reasonable start. You and Mark have already raised:
>> h2. Preservation Policies
>> # number of copies
>> # bit integrity check frequency
>> # storage hierarchy
>> # ...
>> h2. Emerging Storage Technology
>> # data reduction/de-duplication
>> # device encryption
>> # cloud providers
>> # WORM devices
>> # federated clusters
>> # ...
>> h2. Decision Factors
>> # collection size
>> # budget
>> # development resources
>> # ...
>> h2. ...
>> 
>> Andrew
>> 
>> On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 1:45 PM, Goethals, Andrea
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>>> Dear all,
>>> 
>>> Apart from other projects we're working on, and as a follow-up to our
>> preservation storage survey, I was wondering if there was any interest in
>> the group in having in-depth discussions about particular aspects of
>> preservation storage. I'm interested in both the reasons behind our
>> policies (number of copies to keep, how often to do integrity testing,
>> requirements to include tape, etc.) and opinions/experience on some of the
>> existing and up-and-coming features of modern storage systems (data
>> reduction/de-duplication features, encryption, inclusion of cloud storage,
>> WORM storage, federated clusters, etc.). I'll understand though if the
>> group wants to take a break from storage because we have spent a lot of
>> time on it.
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> Andrea
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Andrea Goethals
>>> Digital Preservation and Repository Services Manager
>>> Harvard Library Office for Information Systems
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