Integrated Storage
Cloud Storage
Materials routinely copied or backed up to an independently managed, off-site data storage facility and able to be restored under contractual terms
Current Hard Disk Technologies
Materials saved to storage devices with a variety of underlying magnetic or solid-state (flash) technologies that are hardwired into a computer still under warranty or supported: typically hard disks that are less than five years old.
Local Network Storage
Materials routinely copied or backed up to locally managed data storage facilities and able to be restored under institutional service arrangements.
Non-current Hard Disk Technologies
Materials saved to storage devices with a variety of underlying magnetic or solid-state technologies that are hardwired into a computer that is no longer under warranty or supported: typically, hard disks more than five years old.