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<font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size: 11pt"><b>From:</b><span> </span>Christopher Jordan <ctjordan@tacc.utexas.edu><br>
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<font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size: 11pt"><b>Sent:</b><span> </span>Thursday, May 21, 2020 5:15 PM<br>
<b>To:</b><span> </span>Matthew Edeker <medeker@tacc.utexas.edu><br>
<b>Cc:</b><span> </span>Ginzbarg, Steve <sginzbar@ua.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b><span> </span>Re: [Nhcoll-l] collections based database software</font>
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<div style="margin: 0px">We have a tape archive and an offsite storage system in Arlington that we use for storing full backups of the database. We also have a disk-based replica of Arctos media which are hosted at TACC. Any participating member of Arctos could
receive a full copy of the database backups, but there have been some concerns about “masked” data, so under the new “version” of the Arctos infrastructure which will be deployed starting next week, I believe they are planning to set up backups for each individual
sites “portion” of the database which they could then take for themselves - this is really a policy question and thus best addressed with the Arctos team themselves.</div>
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<div style="margin: 0px">The question of not losing backups of the database is honestly the least of the concerns WRT a system like Arctos - the challenges are mostly in having a replicable instance of the whole infrastructure since without the code that runs
it the database backup would be difficult to do anything with. That has been a challenge in the past but is improving vastly in the current code modernization, and in the near future we expect to be able to host multiple running instances of the whole stack
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Chris Jordan<br>
Data Management and Collections Group Lead<br>
Texas Advanced Computing Center<br>
The University of Texas at Austin<br>
Phone: 512.232.3755<br>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 21, 2020 4:06 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Rob Robins <rhrobins@flmnh.ufl.edu><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Amanda Bremner <Amanda.Bremner@nbm-mnb.ca>; Mayfield, Teresa <tmayfield@utep.edu>; Ginzbarg, Steve <sginzbar@ua.edu>; nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu <nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu>; Arctos Working Group <arctos-working-group@googlegroups.com><br>
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<div>Indeed - & Arctos is served from the Texas Advanced Computer Center: <a href="https://www.tacc.utexas.edu/">
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<div dir="ltr" class="x_gmail_attr">On Thu, May 21, 2020 at 11:58 AM Rob Robins <<a href="mailto:rhrobins@flmnh.ufl.edu">rhrobins@flmnh.ufl.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
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<p>Just a quick observation, surely not lost on this group, but "the cloud" is just a computer or computers. Maybe it's in your building. Maybe its in another town. Maybe its in a giant data center. Maybe its in another university setting kind of like yours. <br>
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<p>In any case not all clouds are equal and comparisons should not be made off the cuff. <br>
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<p>If one is making one's evaluation on what thingamajig to select partly on the cloud-computing component with which it is associated, one will presumably want to evaluate said cloud carefully. <br>
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<div id="x_gmail-m_5233331936321934520divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> Nhcoll-l <<a href="mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu" target="_blank">nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu</a>>
on behalf of Amanda Bremner <<a href="mailto:Amanda.Bremner@nbm-mnb.ca" target="_blank">Amanda.Bremner@nbm-mnb.ca</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 21, 2020 3:12 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Derek Sikes; Mayfield, Teresa<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Ginzbarg, Steve; <a href="mailto:nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu" target="_blank">
nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu</a>; Arctos Working Group<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Nhcoll-l] collections based database software</font>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:rgb(31,73,125)">Yes, definitely a lot of priceless time is put into these records. </span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:rgb(31,73,125)">Thank you again Derek
</span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Wingdings; color:rgb(31,73,125)">J</span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:rgb(31,73,125)"></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Derek Sikes [mailto:<a href="mailto:dssikes@alaska.edu" target="_blank">dssikes@alaska.edu</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 21, 2020 4:06 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Amanda Bremner; Mayfield, Teresa<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Carla Cicero; Ginzbarg, Steve; <a href="mailto:nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu" target="_blank">
nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu</a>; Arctos Working Group<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Nhcoll-l] collections based database software</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Arctos is cloud-based computing like gmail. It's accessed entirely through web browsers. This has the advantage of never having to worry about loss of data on local computers or maintaining backups yourself (I've had computers crash &
be stolen). Prior to moving to Arctos I had hundreds of thousands of records in a home-made database on a computer in my office & I became increasingly worried about the safety of the data. After spending a decade and hundreds of thousands of dollars getting
the data into a database it becomes very very important that the data are safe. Buildings sometimes burn or flood etc. Having all your data in the 'cloud' is very reassuring. It's arguable that the data are safer than the specimens!</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">I've cc'd Teresa Mayfield who I'm pretty sure can help with providing you a way to take Arctos for a 'test drive'.</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">On Thu, May 21, 2020 at 10:43 AM Amanda Bremner <<a href="mailto:Amanda.Bremner@nbm-mnb.ca" target="_blank">Amanda.Bremner@nbm-mnb.ca</a>> wrote:</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:rgb(31,73,125)">Dear Derek, Carla and Steve,</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:rgb(31,73,125)">Thank you all for your responses
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:rgb(31,73,125)">I do have a question a couple of questions: Can you download Arctos on a single workstation to try it out for a small representative sample of records
to test it out?</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:rgb(31,73,125)">Steve, can you elaborate a bit on what you mean by “<i>I think that Sustain Specify making their code available is defeating the purpose of having
one unified program that serves many users</i>”? I am very new to this.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:rgb(31,73,125)">Cheers,</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:rgb(31,73,125)">Amanda</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Derek Sikes [mailto:<a href="mailto:dssikes@alaska.edu" target="_blank">dssikes@alaska.edu</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 20, 2020 3:51 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Carla Cicero<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Ginzbarg, Steve; Amanda Bremner; <a href="mailto:nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu" target="_blank">
nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu</a>; Arctos Working Group<br>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">I've been happily using Arctos for the <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.uaf.edu_museum_collections_ento_&d=DwMGaQ&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=MCIx6IevDpZN7oPx8SAIb6_HvqHJFo2if2SZHHR4kiQ&m=Yn_XqAH-fUIoUzzAysFQCJvh0kF-LjwYm0rghlpeFL8&s=7cD-fdvj8KZKzcUGyR-Xb276cWX6WVFMMIhiYhPk-4E&e=" target="_blank">
University of Alaska Museum Insect Collection</a> since 2012 and am also happy to answer any questions about it.</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 10:12 AM Carla Cicero <<a href="mailto:ccicero@berkeley.edu" target="_blank">ccicero@berkeley.edu</a>> wrote:</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Hi Steve - Thanks for this email. I just sent Amanda a separate email suggesting that they also consider Arctos, with a few details about the system and community.</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:black">Dear Amanda,</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:black">I am looking at Arctos, <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__arctosdb.org_&d=DwMGaQ&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=MCIx6IevDpZN7oPx8SAIb6_HvqHJFo2if2SZHHR4kiQ&m=Yn_XqAH-fUIoUzzAysFQCJvh0kF-LjwYm0rghlpeFL8&s=BBNTdJdpMOb3e0Lp4doeXRU06m1yXleot7G_kqc_Bxc&e=" target="_blank">https://arctosdb.org/</a>.
I like their business model. If you want a feature and they think it will be useful to others they will incorporate it. If not, you pay them to add it. Cost of the software is based on number of specimen records.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:black">I think that Sustain Specify making their code available is defeating the purpose of having one unified program that serves many users.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:black"> Nhcoll-l <<a href="mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu" target="_blank">nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu</a>>
on behalf of Amanda Bremner <<a href="mailto:Amanda.Bremner@nbm-mnb.ca" target="_blank">Amanda.Bremner@nbm-mnb.ca</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 20, 2020 9:34 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu" target="_blank">nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu</a> <<a href="mailto:nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu" target="_blank">nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Nhcoll-l] FW: collections based database software</span> </p>
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<p>Hello,</p>
<p>We are considering choosing a new database, either <b>EMu</b> by Axiell or <b>
Sustain Specify</b>, for our Natural History collections (Zoology, Botany and Mycology, Geology and Paleontology). The database we currently use was designed for use in libraries (Inmagic DB/TextWorks).</p>
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<p>Have any of you recently reviewed these two databases? Would you be willing to share pros and cons, beyond the fact that one is significantly more costly than the other? </p>
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<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>Amanda</p>
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<p style="background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><i><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"; color:rgb(47,84,150)">Amanda Bremner, </span></i><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"; color:rgb(47,84,150)">M.Sc.</span></p>
<p style="background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"; color:rgb(47,84,150)">Curatorial Assistant/Adjointe à la Conservation des collections</span></p>
<p style="background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"; color:rgb(47,84,150)">Department of Natural History/ Département d’histoire naturelle</span></p>
<p style="background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"; color:rgb(47,84,150)">New Brunswick Museum/Musée du Nouveau-Brunswick</span></p>
<p style="background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"; color:rgb(47,84,150)">277 Douglas Avenue/ 277, avenue Douglas</span></p>
<p style="background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"; color:rgb(47,84,150)">Saint John, New Brunswick/ Saint John (Nouveau-Brunswick)</span></p>
<p style="background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><i><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"; color:rgb(47,84,150)">Canada E2K 1E5</span></i></p>
<p style="background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:"Cambria","serif"; color:rgb(47,84,150)">Tel: 506-643-7670</span></p>
<p style="background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)"><a href="mailto:Amanda.Bremner@nbm-mnb.ca" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:"Cambria","serif"; color:rgb(5,99,193)">Amanda.Bremner@nbm-mnb.ca</span></a>
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University of Alaska Museum - search 400,276 digitized arthropod records<br>
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