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How do your digital content workflows help you to define your DP storage needs? The example provided for mapping your Digital Content Workflows depicts your lifecycle storage spaces, including DP Storage, that support your workflow steps.

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Here is an example of organizing storage spaces that aligns with Archivematica’s Storage Service that might be helpful to you.

This diagram is an example of your digital content workflows connect with DP storage and the types of storage locations that might be part of your DP Storage Landscape.

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How much storage will you need? Your Digital Content Review (DCR) results should help you to identify the types and relative size of the storage that will be needed for your digital content you have selected to be preserved. Always remember to opt digital content into your DP program. Selecting digital content to preserve carries long-term requires long-term commitments of resources - human, technological, and funding.

How do you determine your storage requirements and level of DP services required? Adopting a Levels of Digital Preservation Commitment metric will help you to right-size your DP storage needs for your digital collections. There are requirements to consider for your digital content that will inform the decisions you make about the DP storage you will need. For example. , if you have digital content that is regulated, confidential, or embargoed; or your you have archival content with rules that must be adhered to regulating when records can be released for use, you will need to ensure that these requirements can be met by a storage provider and/or using your local storage options.

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