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Hardware[edit]
- See System Hardware for analysis of the hardware required to transfer and process digital objects
Software[edit]
Tools implemented (Oct 2009)[edit]
| Tool | Version | Description | License |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu Linux | 9.0.4 | Interface with computing hardware | GNU General Public License (GPL) |
| EXT3 filesystem | 9.0.4 | Local storage, organization and batch processing of digital objects within the virtual appliance | GNU General Public License (GPL) |
| GNOME Nautilus file manager | 1.4.1 | Graphical file manager interface which end-user can use to move digital objects or trigger processing scripts. | GNU General Public License (GPL) |
| flock | 2 | File lock utility used to queu objects through the workflow and prevent processing overload | GNU General Public License (GPL) |
| File Information Tool Set (FITS) | 0.2.5 | File format identification and validation software integration tool | GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) |
| DROID | 4.0 | File format identification | BSD |
| JHOVE | 1.4 | File format validation and metadata extraction | GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) |
| NLNZ Metadata Extractor | 3.4 | File format identification and metadata extraction | Apache Public License (version 2) |
| Clam AV (anti-virus) | 0.95.2 | Anti-virus toolkit for UNIX | GNU General Public License (GPL) |
| Xena | 4.2.1 | Normalization of objects from proprietary formats to xml-based non-proprietary formats, including Open Office Document (ODF) format | GNU General Public License version 2 (GPL2) |
| OpenOffice.org | 3.0.1 | Office software suite; invoked by Xena to normalize office documents to ODF | GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) |
| md5sum scripts (makeMD5 and checkMD5) | 1.0 | Checksum generation and verification scripts | GNU General Public License (GPL) |
| BagIt script | 0.96 | Standard and script to package digital objects and metadata for archival storage | n/a |
| Samba/CIFS | 3.3.2 | Linux to Windows interface; allows applications in the Ubuntu virtual appliance environment to use network storage made available via the Windows CIFS protocol | GNU General Public License (GPL) |
| NFS-common | 1.1.4 | Network File System Access - allows access to files on network storage devices. | GNU General Public License (GPL) |
| Qubit | 1.0.7 | Web-based archival description and access tool | GNU General Public License v2 (GPL2) |
Tools implemented (Jan 2010)[edit]
| Tool | Version | Description | License |
|---|---|---|---|
| rsync | 3.0.7 | For incremental file transfer to external drives or other media. | GNU General Public License (GPL) |
| Cygwin | 1.7.1 | Creates a Linux-like environment in Windows so we can run rsync | GNU General Public License (GPL) |
| HTTrack | 3.43-9 | Website copier | GNU General Public License (GPL) |
| Gparted | 0.5.1 | GNOME partition editor for creating, reorganizing, and deleting disk partitions | GNU General Public License (GPL) |
| hashdeep | 3.5.1 | A program to compute, match, and audit hashsets during transfers. | PUBLIC DOMAIN with GNU General Public License (GPL) components |
| grsync | 1.0 | Grsync is used to synchronize folders, files and make backups on Ubuntu. | GNU General Public License (GPL) |
| darwinports | 1.7 | GNU General Public License (GPL) |
Tools reviewed (Jan 2009 - Sept 2009)[edit]
- Ingest
- (Meta)Data Management
- Archival Storage
- Access
- Preservation Planning
- Administration
- Requirements Management : Mediawiki
- Documentation: MediaWiki
- Version Control: Subversion
Tool Evaluations[edit]
- DROID, JHOVE, NLNZ Metadata Extractor
- Archival Storage requirements: iRODS vs ZFS vs CEPH vs PVFS