iNODE

I realize it’s been around for at least two years but only recently have I begun spending some time with Amazon’s Simple Storage Service (S3). Beyond just enjoying the exploration of something new, I’m trying to figure out whether it makes sense to incorporate S3 into of our day-to-day IT operations (e.g., as another destination for off-site server backups) and perhaps even include it as part of a more ambitious digital preservation strategy.

I’m not looking for a single “best place to put all my digital assets” preservation service (e.g., like OCLC’s Digital Archive). After all, if you want to preserve something that can be infinitely and non-destructively cloned you’ll have to convince me that reliance on a single copy stored somewhere else is a compelling strategy.

Oh I know what you’re thinking…

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