P ractice Section 7. This section looks at storage and digital preservation issues. Firstly, storage issues and storage media, necessary for holding and backing up 'work in progress' and 'local archiving' are discussed. This is followed by an introduction to digital preservation as a concept, preservation strategies, the global preservation arena and the benefits of depositing with a third party digital archive .
Storage is a concern at all phases of the digitisation chain, from capture, through to archiving.
Storage can be thought of in terms of 'portable' and 'non-portable' media. The following table indicates types of portable media currently available and their capacities. DVT 40GB Portable media are susceptible to technological change and their degree of platform compatibility and driver requirements are variable. These media generally provide much higher storage capacities and transfer rates, which vary by make and model. Data warehousing Capacities can be increased by replacing or adding drives, dependent on the overall system configuration.