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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 -- Cary Gordon The Cherry Hill Company http://chillco.com