Infrastructure (hardware) DEVA Data Management Workshop Devil’s Hole Pupfish Project

Infrastructure (hardware) DEVA Data Management Workshop Devil’s Hole Pupfish Project Effective maintenance of digital files depends on the proper management of a continuously changing infrastructure of hardware, software, file formats, and storage media. Major changes in hardware can be expected every 1-2 years and in software every 1-5 years (Vogt-O'Connor 2000).

Infrastructure DEVA Data Management Workshop Devil’s Hole Pupfish Project So where do you KEEP data and information, so you won’t loose it,but you don’t have to be continually updating and/or upgrading it?

DEVA Data Management Workshop Devil’s Hole Pupfish Project Use recognized, creditable, secure data and information depositories and repositories. Host it on web sites available through national level servers. Who supervise and maintain the hardware, that keep astride of the latest technologies, policies and guidelines.

DEVA Data Management Workshop Devil’s Hole Pupfish Project Typical “Park-like” Infrastructure

DEVA Data Management Workshop Devil’s Hole Pupfish Project Cost vs. Benefits $$ Technology changing at a rapid rate Costs over time Secure System Control Accessibility by others Keeping pace with new formats Lower cost for same technology Less secure Less maintenance and migration

DEVA Data Management Workshop Devil’s Hole Pupfish Project NPS GSS Standard Procedures for Backup, Storage, & Recovery Infrastructure - Policies and Guidance NPS General Support System, Backup Activity Plan. Oversight on Information Technology Department of Interior (DOI) National Park Service (NPS) Office of Management and Budget (OMB) National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)