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Materials saved to storage devices with a variety of underlying magnetic or solid-state (flash) technologies that are hardwired into a computer still under warranty or supported: typically hard disks that are less than five years old. |
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Group: Storage |
Trend: New Entry |
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Added to List: 2019 |
Last update: New Entry |
Previous category: New Entry |
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Imminence of Action Action is recommended within three years, detailed assessment within one year. |
Significance of Loss The loss of tools, data or services within this group would impact on many people and sectors. |
Effort to Preserve It would require a small effort to preserve materials in this group, requiring the application of proven tools and techniques. |
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Examples Direct Attached Storage (DAS) such as Magnetic or solid-state drives integrated into individual laptop or workstations and into smaller scale storage facilities. |
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‘Endangered’ in the Presence of Aggravating Conditions Encryption; poor handling; poor storage; lack of consistent replication; failure of external (dependencies eg suppliers, security); political or commercial interference; failure of internal dependencies (e.g. power supply, disk controller); overly aggressive compression; poor information security; lack of integrity-checking; lack of strategic investment; lack of warranty; unenforceable warranty; encryption. |
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Lower Risk in the Presence of Good Practice Backup to different technology; backup to diverse locations; documentation of assets; integrity checking; preservation planning; refreshment planning; export functionality; resilient to hacking; selection and appraisal criteria; version control; resilient funding; technology watch; enforceable warranty; disaster planning. |
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2019 Review The judges introduced this entry to ensure that the range of media storage is properly assessed and presented. |
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Additional Jury Comments See also: Digital Preservation Coalition (2016) ‘Storage’ in Digital Preservation Handbook (Second Edition), online at https://dpconline.org/handbook/organisational-activities/storage |
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