RODA ENTERPRISE

Long-term digital preservation

Preserve and provide access to digital assets
produced by large organisations

RODA

Long-term digital preservation

RODA (Repository of Authentic Digital Records) is a long-term digital repository solution that delivers functionalities for all the main functional units of the OAIS reference model.

RODA is capable of ingesting, managing, and providing access to various types of digital content produced by large corporations and public bodies.

RODA was developed using open-source technologies and it is supported by standards such as the Open Archival Information System (OAIS), Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard (METS), Encoded Archival Description (EAD), Dublin Core (DC), E-ARK Information Package specifications and PREMIS (Preservation Metadata).

Authenticity

RODA uses PREMIS preservation metadata to create a trust chain between all generations of digital assets.

Preservation metadata, together with the establishment of trust of its surrounding environment (ISO 16363 and ISO 14721) ensures that the repository service is reliable, and digital assets remain authentic over time.

RODA also supports plugins that assess the validity of digital signatures and re-sign archived PDFs when the lifetime of digital signatures is coming to an end.

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Advantages

01. Conforms to open standards

RODA is compliant with several open descriptive metadata standards such as EAD, and Dublin Core, PREMIS for preservation metadata and METS for structural metadata. It can support more standards by means of an advanced templating system that supports validation, indexing, viewing and editing of descriptive metadata.

02. Vendor independent

RODA is built on top of enduring open-source technologies. The entire infrastructure required to support RODA is also vendor independent. This means that you may use the hardware and the Linux distribution that best fit your institutional needs. Because the product itself is open source, you don’t have to rely on a single vendor for support.

03. Support for multiple formats

RODA can ingest all sorts of content independent of its format. Format migration plugins are available to cope with decaying formats such as text documents, raster images, relational databases, video and audio. Normalisation of file formats is possible by setting up adequate ingest workflows. Representation information networks can be managed within the repository itself.

04. Scalable

RODA is ideal for large organisations with millions of digital objects. It’s service-oriented nature allows it to be highly scalable, enabling the distribution of load between several users. RODA also takes advantage of all the CPUs available in each server to mass process thousands of objects simultaneously for stellar performance.

05. Embedded preservation actions

Preservation actions can be executed right from the user interface over any selection of digital objects in the repository. The task execution engine enables the repository to parallelise the task execution process to take full advantage of the existing CPUs. Preservation actions include format conversions, checksum verifications, virus checks, various, risk assessment, etc.

06. Integration with data production systems

RODA exposes all its functionality via well-documented REST API. Convenient Java libraries are available on GitHub to allow developers to interact with RODA via its Core APIs. Several tools exist to create and manipulate SIPs and submit them to RODA’s for ingest.

RODA Editions

RODA is an open-source solution, which means that anyone can download its source code, compile it and have it running on their own institution in a matter of hours.

While this flexibility is a major advantage, organizations may also benefit from enlisting the expertise of IT, software, and digital preservation specialists to tailor the solution to their unique needs by adding specialized features and integrations.

KEEP SOLUTIONS offers three software distributions specially designed to meet the rigorous demands of mid to large-sized institutions with vast collections of digital records, providing the capability to efficiently manage digital assets in large-scale production environments.

RODA COMMUNITY

Everything you need to get started

The RODA COMMUNITY Edition is a software solution designed for mid-sized organisations seeking to implement and customise the product to meet their specific requirements. As its name suggests, this edition is community-driven and provides organizations the necessary tools to manage the product on their own.

RODA Community Edition does not include commercial plugins or integrations.

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RODA ENTERPRISE

Designed for production environments

The Enterprise Edition is designed for production environments and provides a comprehensive suite of tools and services for organizations seeking a secure and high-performance preservation solution.

This edition includes a set of commercial plugins and professional support services to assist organisations with deployment and ongoing operations to ensure optimal performance, stability and security.

Commercial plugins and professional services

RODA ENTERPRISE HA

Uninterrupted access to digital content

For organizations requiring uninterrupted access to their digital assets and the ability to scale their system without causing downtime, the RODA Enterprise HA Edition provides a high-availability distributed setup.

This offering includes unlimited scalability and the ability to upgrade the system with minimal disruption, ensuring organizations always maintain seamless access to their critical digital assets.

RODA ENTERPRISE SM

Designed for organisations that want full control over their infrastructure

For organisations seeking comprehensive control over their infrastructure and operations, while simultaneously harnessing the benefits of commercial plugins, components, and professional services.

Under this model, the organisation’s IT department assumes the critical responsibility for implementing, monitoring, and maintaining the system. Secondary support may be engaged on an as-needed basis for maintenance or the development of additional features. By minimizing reliance on third-party providers for installation, configuration, and ongoing support, this solution effectively preserves data security and system integrity.

RODA COMMUNITY

Free

Everything you need to get started.
Basic features
✓ ISO 14721 compatibility (OAIS)
✓ Online catalogue
✓ E-ARK SIP and Baglt
✓ Retention and disposal
✓ Scalability

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RODA ENTERPRISEMost popular

Designed for production environments

Everything in Community Edition, plus:
Commercial plugins
✓ Characterization
✓ Validation
✓ Conversion
✓ Risk management
✓ eArchiving
✓ Database archiving
and more…
Advanced components
✓ Drop folders
✓ Folder scattering
✓ Remote replication
✓ Identity and Access Management
✓ Reporting
Professional services
✓ Deployment in production environment
✓ Technical suport (1 year)
✓ Training
✓ Custom development (80 hours)

RODA ENTERPRISE HA

Uninterrupted access to your digital content

Everything in Enterprise Edition, plus:
Scalability
✓ Horizontal scalability
✓ High availability
Advanced components
✓ Monitoring services
Professional services
✓ Custom development (160 hours)

RODA ENTERPRISE SM

$ 99

Designed for organisations that want full control

Basic features
✓ ISO 14721 compatibility
✓ Online catalog
✓ E-ARK SIP and Baglt
✓ Retention and disposal
✓ Warranty & security updates
Scalability
✓ Configurable scalability
✓ Configurable high availability
Advanced components
✓ Remote replication (optional)
✓ Identity and Access Managment (optional)
✓ Reporting (optional)
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On-premises

On-premises implementations involve installing and running the software on servers and infrastructure owned and maintained by the client. Offers greater control, customization and ownership over the software and its environment, but requires significant upfront investment in hardware and software, and IT staff to manage and maintain the system.

Cloud

Cloud implementations involve using a third-party provider’s infrastructure and accessing the software over the internet. Cloud implementation offers greater flexibility and scalability, as KEEP SOLUTIONS takes care of hardware and software updates and maintenance, but can result in less control and customization options.