Hi Anna, all
I don't have any experiences with Azure for research data, but would
also be interested in hearing of any recent experiences with it.
Although they don't include Azure, or Arkivum, the cloud storage
profiles that AV Preserve publish may be useful for comparison here:
https://www.avpreserve.com/papers-and-presentations/cloud-storage-vendor-profiles/
As it happens it was Mathew Addis of Arkivum that pointed me to these,
so I would guess they are confident about how they would compare.
Also if it helps, Arkivum have a recent blog article (by their Marketing
VP) quoting one of their customers as follows:
"Building this kind of system in-house would be too much trouble and
cost. What we have is cheaper than [Microsoft] Azure and more expensive
than [Amazon] Glacier and [Google] Nearline, although the cost of these
long-term services increases the more you do with data, with
Ryanair-style pricing for each action. Arkivum is one price. You can
even pay up-front for the 25-year period.”
I'm sure realistic comparisons depend on requirements e.g. what level
of preservation you are looking for, where you need the data to reside,
how you want it to work with on-premises storage, and how confident you
can be in the projected frequency of access.
There are still details of what the SCAPE project did with Azure
(mentioned previously by Kevin Ashley) as the backend for their
preservation environment here for example-
http://wiki.opf-labs.org/display/SP/SCAPE+Azure+Platform
I gather this used Azure VMs as well as cloud storage. More should be
available at www.scape-project.eu but I can't currently access that site.
All the best,
Angus
On 02/02/2016 18:49, Anna Clements wrote:
> All
>
> I know this is an old thread but wondered if anyone had an update on experience using MS Azure for - in particular - research data storage. Also how it compares to the service Arkivum offers.
>
> Many thanks
>
> Anna
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> Hi,
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> we're in the process of building a dspace based repository with storsimple (Microsoft's quasi HFS with an azure backend) to hold open access material, the idea being that less frequently accessed material will end up on azure while the popular stuff will be local.
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> We'll be writing this up in due course but happy to talk about our experience
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> From: Repositories discussion list <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Kevin Ashley <[log in to unmask]>
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> Subject: Re: Azure
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> It's not a direct comparison, but I know that the recently completed
> SCAPE project made considerable use of Azure to support digital preservation
> of a wide range of complex material. SCAPE was an FP7 project examining
> the challenges of reliable digital preservation at scale.
>
> On 18/12/14 17:18, Richard Rankin wrote:
>> Just had a session with Microsoft were they claim that Azure can provide
>> services similar to Arkivum – is anyone looking to use Azure in this mode?
>>
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