Current State of the Library Environments Business some

Current State of the Library

Environments • Business – some challenges but mature • Applications – chaotic – many challenges • Archiving – relatively new – most challenging

Applications - challenges • • • Backup COOP/DR Storage Scalability Tech refresh - migration

Archiving - challenges • • • Ingest Inventory/Content Management Storage Migration Tech refresh Applications interface

What the Library has Servers and Storage • Heterogeneous server environment – 200 servers – various Unix and Windows • Monolithtic storage environment – EMC – 650 TB and Sun/STK 150 TB – 80% used • Tape environment – IBM Total. Storage and Sun/STK SL 8500 • Near Line – 40 TB CAS 100% used, 500 TB tape 60% used • Retrievable data stored – 950 -980 TB

The Library model Audio Video Conservation Center • • Ingest – TB/day Workflow - automated Content Management Applications interface – deployable products • Storage – disk and tape

Challenges • Preservation • Migration • Content Management

Preservation • Backup • Archiving • COOP/DR • What files are part of the Applications environment and what files are part of the Archive environment

Migration • Tech refresh • Scalability • We don’t want to deal with the equivalent of wax cylinders 10 years from now • This will be the biggest issue in 5 -10 years

Content Management • Ingest • Content description management • Applications interface • Ingest is something we can do but knowing what we have and how to retrieve it is a bigger issue