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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello Museum Community,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Our little museum is looking for data storage solutions that can house about 5 terabytes off-site. We currently rely on two NAS systems, one on site and another in a neighbouring town, which have served us well for nearly a decade. Unfortunately,
our IT company has relocated and can no longer provide space for the off-site unit, and our NAS systems are aging and may soon need upgrading.
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<p class="MsoNormal">We’re also exploring cloud storage options, but the quotes we’ve received from the usual providers are higher than we would like for our budget. Our IT support is investigating other options, but I wanted to reach out to our museum and
heritage community to ask:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Has your organization found affordable, reliable solutions for off-site storage of large digital archives?<br>
Are there platforms, services, or approaches (hybrid storage, academic or nonprofit discounts, etc.) that you’ve had good experiences with?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Any suggestions, tips, or lessons learned would be <i>very</i> welcome as we work to ensure our digital archives are secure, accessible, and sustainable for the long term. We know we will need to invest in either a new NAS or cloud storage,
we are just trying to find the best fit.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you in advance and happy holidays to all of you.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Warmly,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Charmaine Carpenter<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Executive Director / Curator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">O: 604 894-5504<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">M: 778 859-7903<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><img width="93" height="59" style="width:.9687in;height:.6145in" id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image001.jpg@01DC7054.49CB5B60">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#4472C4;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">I respectfully acknowledge I am speaking from and working on the
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#4472C4;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Lil’wat Nation.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#4472C4;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Kukwstumckacw, merci, and thank you.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Check out our new
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjX3W6KGwkE&t=11s"><span style="color:#0563C1">VIDEO</span></a><span style="color:#4472C4"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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