<div dir="ltr">Regarding Data Storage, the Princeton Museum follows a path similar to the Golden Museum, in that, we have a 4TB NAS on site which is backed up onto two portable hard drives, one of which is always off site. We also have a 2TB Google Drive account. Traditionally, we had a portable hard drive for each workstation, as well, but we are migrating towards having anything important resident on either the Google Drive or the NAS, both of which can be accessed remotely.<div><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font size="4">Todd Davidson</font><div>Operations Manager</div><div>Princeton and District Museum and Archives</div><div>167 Vermilion Ave., PO Box 281,</div><div>Princeton, BC, V0X 1W0</div><div>250-295-7588</div><div>Main website: <a href="http://www.princetonmuseum.org" target="_blank">www.princetonmuseum.org</a> </div><div>Events website: <a href="http://www.princetonmuseumevets.com" target="_blank">www.princetonmuseumevents.com</a></div><div>Collection website: <a href="http://www.princetonbcmuseum.com" target="_blank">www.princetonbcmuseum.com</a></div><div>Email: <a href="mailto:princetonmuseum@gmail.com" target="_blank">princetonmuseum@gmail.com</a></div><div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><i><span style="font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif;color:rgb(32,33,36);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">We acknowledge </span></i></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><i><span style="font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">the Similkameen Valley </span></i></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><i><span style="font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif;color:rgb(32,33,36);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">on which we learn, work, and organize </span></i></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><i><span style="font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">is the ancestral, traditional and unceded territory of the <b>Similqmix People</b>, and is home to the </span></i></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><i><span style="font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><a href="https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bcafn.ca%2Ffirst-nations-bc%2Fthompson-okanagan%2Fupper-similkameen&data=05%7C01%7Ceoc%40usib.ca%7Cfcadbb901c83497aa9c008da351b00f6%7C8d390933f6dc429e81abc3b43ace9e6c%7C0%7C0%7C637880687333887033%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=7YtSzKZMBsucLLagYhuNeppz%2BpsX8NmsVFHtZ0lL6oM%3D&reserved=0" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b>Upper Similkameen Indian Band</b></span></a></span></i></span><br></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jan 6, 2026 at 10:01 AM Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv <<a href="mailto:listserv@lists.museum.bc.ca">listserv@lists.museum.bc.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Charmaine,</div><div><br></div><div>We use Google Workspace, which includes 2TB per user of data storage on google drive, two 5 TB portable drives that go home with two different staff members, and an onsite NAS drive. The portable drives get updated biweekly, each one on a different week, and the google drive backs up from the NAS daily. We get a discount from google for being a non-profit, and with our 10 user accounts it costs us $46.00/m. I know you can set it up to be less users as well.</div><div><br></div><div>We found this to be the most cost effective for the amount of storage we needed, and it came with the added perks of being able to access it from anywhere at any time, without limits. I know there are limitations to the security it provides, so that may not work the best for your organization, but it may be worth looking into.</div><div><br></div><div>Hope this helps.</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>_____________________________________________________________<br></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b style="font-size:large">Brittany Newman </b><i>(She/Her</i><i>) </i></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span> Executive Director<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><font size="4"> </font><br><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="Univers LT Pro 55, sans-serif">Golden Museum and Archives</font><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:8pt"><br><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Golden+%26+District+Museum/@51.2922114,-116.9631953,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x5379bf96b43fc203:0x194db531bf58fa85!8m2!3d51.2922129!4d-116.9611077" target="_blank">1302 11th Ave S, Golden BC, V0A 1H0</a><br>PO Box 992, Golden BC, V0A 1H0</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:8pt">Phone: 250 344-5169 </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:7.5pt"><br></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:8pt"><a href="mailto:museum.golden@gmail.com" target="_blank">museum.golden@gmail.com </a> | </span><font color="#000000"><a href="https://goldenbcmuseums.com/" target="_blank"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.6667px">https://goldenbcmuseums.com/</span></font></a></font><span style="color:blue;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:8pt"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:8pt"><br>Join us on: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/museum.golden/" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">Facebook</span></a> | </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55",sans-serif;font-size:8pt"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/museum.golden" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">Instagram</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:8pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">The Golden Museum and Archives operates on the territories of the Ktunaxa and Secwepemc Peoples<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">, and the chosen home of the Metis Nation Columbia River Society</span>. We are grateful for the privilege to work and play on this territory.</p></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Dec 19, 2025 at 1:23 PM Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv <<a href="mailto:listserv@lists.museum.bc.ca" target="_blank">listserv@lists.museum.bc.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello Museum Community,<u></u><u></u></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:<u></u><u></u></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?<u></u><u></u></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.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you in advance and happy holidays to all of you.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Warmly,<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Charmaine Carpenter<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Executive Director / Curator<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">O: 604 894-5504<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">M: 778 859-7903<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(68,114,196)">I respectfully acknowledge I am speaking from and working on the
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(68,114,196)">traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Lil’wat Nation.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(68,114,196)">Kukwstumckacw, merci, and thank you.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9pt">Check out our new
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjX3W6KGwkE&t=11s" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">VIDEO</span></a><span style="color:rgb(68,114,196)"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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