Contents:
- Executive Summary
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- HathiTrust’s Disaster Recovery Strategies
- Scenario 1: Hardware Failure or Obsolescence and Data Loss
- Scenario 2: Network Configuration Errors
- Scenario 3: Network Security and External Attacks
- Scenario 4: Format Obsolescence
- Scenario 5: Core Utility and/or Building Failure
- Scenario 6: Software Failure or Obsolescence
- Scenario 7: Operator Error
- Scenario 8: Physical Security Breach
- Scenario 9: Natural or Manmade Disaster
- Scenario 10: Media Failure or Obsolescence
- Conclusions and Action Items
- Appendices
This report seeks to establish the framework of a Disaster Recovery Plan for the HathiTrust Digital Library. The primary goal of the document is to provide a foundation on which future efforts may build. It examines the strategies by which HathiTrust has anticipated and mitigated the risks posed by ten common scenarios which could precipitate a disaster: hardware failure and data loss ; network configuration errors ; external attacks ; format obsolescence ; core utility or building failure ; software failure ; operator error ; physical security breach ; media degradation ; manmade as well as natural disasters. For each scenario, the report discusses possible threats, summarizes the potential severity of related events and then details solutions HathiTrust has enacted. Appendices provide relevant information and includes contacts for more HathiTrust resources, an annotated guide to Disaster Recover Planning references and an overview of key steps in the Disaster Recovery Planning process. The concluding section provides recommendations and action items for HathiTrust as it proceeds with its Disaster Recovery Initiative.
This report, written by a digital preservation intern from the University of Michigan School of Information, offers a solid and concrete look at the many issues surrounding disaster recovery in a digital repository. Although it is specific to the HathiTrust infrastructure and its solutions, it covers processes and scenarios all digital repositories need to consider in designing disaster recovery plans. Very relevant resource for staff analysing disaster recovery practices and planning as the framework and scenarios included are extensive. Some of the specific HathiTrust oriented appendices are perhaps less relevant although may be helpful as models.