Fedora-DuraCloud-Integration-Jan-2012.pptVIP

* Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License (CC BY-SA 3.0) To request other use: info@ Integrating Fedora with DuraCloudDuraSpace Webinar: 11 Jan 2012Chris WilperDuraSpace Who is DuraSpace? What is DuraCloud? Open technology and managed service that utilizes cloud infrastructure for preservation support and access services Upload once and make multiple copies to various storage providers Access anywhere from any Internet connected device DuraCloud Use Cases: A Snapshot Archiving and Preservation of Repository Content Backup (online, off-site) Restore (from cloud to local) Synchronization (between local and cloud) Duplication (between multiple cloud stores) Integrity Checking Multimedia Access Image Viewing Media Streaming DuraCloud Customers Using Fedora Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries Columbia University Discovery Garden Hamilton College Northwestern University University of Prince Edward Island Typical Fedora Backups Database File-Level Backups Complete Restores Typical Fedora Restores CloudSync Backups Object-Level Backups CloudSync Restores Selective Restores Summary Typical Solution CloudSync + DuraCloud Backup Granularity Restore Granularity Skill Level Downtime Offsite All Objects All Objects Basic No Yes Any Subset Any Subset Advanced Yes DIY What about Speed? With any offsite storage, network bandwidth is a factor. In-house approaches can be faster for whole backups and restores (e.g. LVM or ZFS snapshots) But consider the entire turnaround and downtime (involving people time, support tickets, etc): For in-house backups For in-house restores CloudSync Demo Live demo will show: Quick Installation Adding a User Stores: Where Fedora data is kept Sets: Objects of interest for a Task Example Tasks: Complete Backup via Copy Task Selective Restore via Copy Task REST API Jan 2012: CloudSync 1.1 Copy Externally-Managed Datastreams Local Directory-based Stores Ability to Edit Sets Complete REST API Documen