Archival Storage Functions
Receive Data: receives a transfer request and an Archival Information Package from the staging area and moves the data to permanent storage within the archive
Manage Storage Hierarchy: positions the contents of the Archival Information Packages (AIPs) on the appropriate media based on directions from ingest (transfer request), administrative policies or usage statistics
Refresh Media: provides the capability to reproduce the Archive Holdings over time
Error Checking: provides statistically acceptable assurance that no components of the archive information package are corrupted during any internal archive data transfer or transformation
Disaster Recovery: provides a mechanism for producing duplicate copies of AIPs (AIUs and AICs) in the archive collection
Provide Data: provides copies of stored AIPs to Access