Arkivum: Long-term bit-level preservation of large repository content

Arkivum: Long-term bit-level preservation of large repository content.  Nik Stanbridge. Arkivum. DSpace User Group. 16 June 2015. [PDF slides]
     Based on the Principles of ‘Active Archiving’, which is replication, escrow, and integrity
checking. Trying to preserve content for longer than 25 years. Principles based on diversity, intervention, with different technologies and locations.

• Adding media, a continual process
• Monthly checks and maintenance updates
• Annual data retrieval and integrity checks
• 3-5 year obsolescence of servers, operating systems and software.
• Tape format migration

Integration with DSpace. It has ISO 27001 validated processes and procedures and is designed for bit level preservation for large volumes of data.

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