Grace Baysinger
LOCKSS: Lots of copies keeps stuff safe
LOCKSS has the potential to become a sustainable, affordable, preservation tool and archiving system for web delivered information. LOCKSS software systematically caches content in a self-correcting P2P network. The current beta test has demonstrated that the underlying LOCKSS technol. works, and in a prodn. environment is likely to allow libraries to maintain high integrity persistent caches of electronic content from journal subscriptions. The beta test includes 60 caches at 50 libraries and two scholarly journals. The system has been in continuous operation for over ten months. The fault-tolerance of the system has been amply demonstrated: two beta caches suffered catastrophic disk failures. Both were able to restart with new, empty disks and recover their content automatically. 41 publishers have expressed strong support for the LOCKSS project. The system shows the potential to preserve digital materials with current publishing systems, the cost of entry is low, the payoffs promise to be high. CINF-036
- Started on: 8/19/2002
- Ended on: 8/19/2002
- Presented to:224th ACS National Meeting
- Location:Boston, MA
Collaborators
| Victoria Reich (PI), Director, LOCKSS Program Stanford University Libraries |
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