Matt, Have you looked into the Digital Preservation Network [1]? It is a project still in development but they have an interesting billing plan and are aiming specifically at cultural heritage data.
Best, Stefano [1] http://www.dpn.org/ On Wed, 13 Jan 2016 12:00:01 +0000 [email protected] wrote: > Send mcn-l mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of mcn-l digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: data archiving (Matt Wheeler) (Glen Barnes) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2016 09:54:26 +1300 > From: Glen Barnes <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MCN-L] data archiving (Matt Wheeler) > Message-ID: > <CAJ4dvGqB7JjaUhNPdwzWoYHBhkue9u3nsVFLjZvcj5i6DbX=p...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > The base _costs_ for online storage through Amazon s3 is ~$370/year. > Plus there are costs for pushing data into and out of the archive, > another copying in Amazon Glacier, plus developing the archival > software so $1200-$2000/year isn?t too bad but can be expensive for > smaller organisations. > > You could try and roll something yourself if you basically wanted > multiple copies stored offsite. I would look at Amazon Glaicer + > another storage option that can have more on demand access. Backblaze > have launched their cloud offering at $0.005/GB month which comes out > at $62/year for storage with free upload. Add Amazon Glacier at > $82/year and you have quite reasonably priced storage across 2 > different cloud providers. > > You would have to manage all of the _preservation_ aspects yourself > but the storage becomes quite cheap in this scenario. > > Thanks > Glen > > > > Good evening. In trying to come up with a long-term preservation > > plan for digital image master files, we've spoken to reps at a few > > digital repositories which offer professional services, but at a > > higher per-TB annual storage cost than our small museum can afford > > (anywhere from $1200-$2000/TB/year). Are there reputable archives > > with lower fees? I'm not sure where to begin looking. Thanks for > > any insight. > > > > Best regards, Matt > > > > -- > > Matt Wheeler, > > Photography Archives, > > Penobscot Marine Museum > > Archives (207) 548-2529 ext. 211 > > 5 Church Street, PO Box 498 > > Searsport, Maine 04974 > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > mcn-l mailing list > [email protected] > http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > > End of mcn-l Digest, Vol 125, Issue 9 > ************************************* -- Stefano Cossu Director of Application Services, Collections The Art Institute of Chicago 116 S. Michigan Avenue Chicago, IL 60603 _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: [email protected] To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
