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Making the Cloud A Safe and Secure Place

to Archive Data

“No ifs, no buts, no 9s,just 100% pure data integrity”

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Size of the Digital Universe

Terabyte Petabyte Exabyte Zettabyte1.8 ZB = 1.8 trillion gigabytes

Data from Extracting value from Chaos, IDC Digital Universe, sponsored by EMCGraphic by Mashable

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The emerging gap

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But...“Storing infrequently-accessed data on disk is equivalent to keeping your car running constantly in the driveway - it wastes energy and it costs money.” The Clipper Group

Less than 10% is “active data”*

*2010 Digital Storage for Media andEntertainment Report, Coughlin Associates

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Getting it Wrong: Regulators, Irreplaceable

Assets

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Challenges to long term preservation

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Safety and Security in the Cloud

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The CIA triadConfidentiality

Integrity Availability

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Confidentiality

•Who holds the keys?•Where is your datastored?

•Who runs the facilities?

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Integrity

•Data in = Data out•Proof of Authenticity•Audit trail•Litigation ready

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Availability

•Is your data availablein minutes?

•What happens if theprovider fails?

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A New Approach to Archive

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Archive-as-a-ServiceKeeping data safe and secure:• 100% guaranteed data integrity• Arkivum infrastructure in co-lo

datacentres

IBM Tape based storage – reliable, cost-effective

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How it works

OSCAR - The“Pod”On Site Cloud Archiving

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Recognising that not everyone wants all of their data to go offsite into our service, using IBM tape libraries Arkivum can

deliver an ‘on-site’ version of the service.

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Safe, Secure, Easy to Use• Data tape provides 30 year shelf life• Three copies at all times• Multiple media manufacturers• Automated IBM tape libraries• Escrow copy

• Seamless integration• Simple network file-share• Data in pre-agreed

locations with auditable security

• Encryption in-flight and at rest• Keys managed by the customer• Tapes not shared across customers• Secure UK based data centres running

within the Arkivum infrastructure

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Green clouds

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Summary•Data explosion•90% of data is archive data•Challenges to preservation - bit errors and obsolescence

•The CIA triad (Confidentiality, Integrity & Availability)

•Arkivum: a new approach to archiving•A-Stor - Safe, Secure, Easy to use

“No ifs, no buts, no 9s,just 100% pure data integrity”

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