DuraCloud:ACommunityCloudforHigherEducationWednesday,February29,2012Source(s)HYPERLINK"http://www.educause.edu/taxonomy/term/33893"EDUCAUSELive!Webinars,HYPERLINK"http://www.educause.edu/taxonomy/term/33182"WebinarsTypeHYPERLINK"http://www.educause.edu/search/apachesolr_search?filters=tid:33194"PresentationsandSeminarsModerator:HYPERLINK"http://www.educause.edu/node/750?ID=79643"MarcHoit(HYPERLINK"http://www.educause.edu/node/750?ID=09068"NorthCarolinaStateUniversity)Speaker:HYPERLINK"http://www.educause.edu/node/750?ID=177290"MicheleKimpton(HYPERLINK"http://www.educause.edu/node/750?ID=192015"DuraSpace),HYPERLINK"http://www.educause.edu/node/750?ID=66682"JonathanMarkow(HYPERLINK"http://www.educause.edu/node/750?ID=192015"DuraSpace)AbstractDuraCloudisanopen-sourcesolutionformanagingandpersistingcontentinthecloudthat’sofferedasaservicebyDuraSpace,anonprofitservingthehighereducationcommunity.DuraCloud’skeyvaluepropositionisallowingorganizationstoconnecteasilywithandtakeadvantageofcloudcomputingandstorage,withoutgettinglockedintoanyonespecificcloudvendor.DuraCloudworkswithmultiplecloudproviders,bothcommercialandnoncommercial.Alternatively,theservicecanbedeployedlocallyataninstitutionoramongaconsortiumofschools.TheDuraCloudplatformsupportsanumberofusecasesidentifiedbyourcommunity.Theinitialusecasedevelopedprovidesonlinebackupandarchivingandasetofpreservationservicesformanagingandpersistingdigitalcontent.DuraCloudmaybeintegratedwithotherDuraSpacesupportedplatforms(namely,theDSpaceandFedorarepositories)toprovideacompletesolutionformanaging,persisting,andpreservingdigitalartifacts.DuraCloudforbackup,archiving,andpreservationisavailabletodayasaservice.ThisyearweareextendingDuraCloudtomanageresearchdatasetsandhelpinstitutionsmeettheirdatamanagementplanmandateswithoutneedingtoaddlocalinfrastructure.DuraCloudforResearchwillbeanextensionofservicesofferedinDuraCloud.We’llgiveastrategicoverviewofDuraCloudandpresenttheplanneddevelopmentandpartner