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Digital Storage in the Cloud: Amazon Web Services & DSpace

Digital Storage in the Cloud: Amazon Web Services & DSpace. Barry Davis  - Coordinator of Multimedia & Digital Production Services Kevin Gilbertson - Web Services Librarian Z. Smith Reynolds Library, Wake Forest University. Amazon Web Services (AWS). http://aws.amazon.com/

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Digital Storage in the Cloud: Amazon Web Services & DSpace

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  1. Digital Storage in the Cloud:Amazon Web Services & DSpace Barry Davis - Coordinator of Multimedia & Digital Production Services Kevin Gilbertson - Web Services Librarian Z. Smith Reynolds Library, Wake Forest University

  2. Amazon Web Services (AWS) http://aws.amazon.com/ • Amazon's flexible web service platform   • Pay as you go services   • Choose which services are suited to your needs  • Reliable 

  3. AWS Pricing

  4. AWS @ ZSR Amazon Elastic Cloud Computing (Amazon EC2): • Host Library Website, Blogs, Wikis, Online Catalog (VuFind), Online Repository (DSpace) and other services on EC2   • Quickly create and configure new servers in case of failure • Easy to add additional disk space to server • Library has complete control   Amazon Elastic Block Storage (Amazon EBS): • Creates volumes to attach to our EC2 servers.   • Volumes can be a variety of sizes and can be moved from instance to instance.   Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3): • Used for server backups • Tested for use with Library Faculty/Staff file sharing and storage

  5. WakeSpace - A Digital Archive http://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/jspui/ • Built on open source DSpace platform • Currently houses 132GB of data on a 200GB partition • Includes PDF documents, image files, audio files, and video files.  

  6. WakeSpace uses • Used as a storage location for other sites • http://www.digitalforsyth.org/ • http://cloud.lib.wfu.edu/blog/ammons/videos/ • ETD Repository • Institutional Repository • Online storage and discovery of digitized materials such as Special Collections and Archives materials or special events

  7. Advantages of DSpace on Amazon • Ability to scale storage easily: Create new EC2 volumes and add them to DSpace's configuration or resize current volume to large size when needed.  This reduces overhead as you pay for what you need as you need it.   • No hardware concerns: No physical drives to manage, Amazon platform to rely on.   • Control: The library has complete access and control over our system.  

  8. Disadvantages of DSpace on Amazon • Loss of control: Your material is not local, therefore there is a very small risk of data loss.   • Not right for everyone:  In our case, we took on all server duties, which requires much more work than allowing an IT body to handle everything.  

  9. Contact Us! Email: gilberkm@wfu.edu davijb@wfu.edu

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