An Information Repository (IR) is an easy way to deploy a secondary tier of data storage that can comprise multiple, networked data storage technologies running on diverse operating systems, where data that no longer needs to be in primary storage is protected, classified according to captured metadata, processed, de-duplicated, and then purged, automatically, based on data service level objectives and requirements. In information repositories, data storage resources are virtualized as composite storage sets and operate as a federated environment.
Information repositories were developed to mitigate problems arising from data proliferation and eliminate the need for separately deployed data storage solutions because of the concurrent deployment of diverse storage technologies running diverse operating systems. They feature centralized management for all deployed data storage resources. They are self-contained, support heterogeneous storage resources, support resource management to add, maintain, recycle, and terminate media, track of off-line media, and operate autonomously.
Listed below is useful link to IR website :
1) The Directory of Open Access Repositories - OpenDOAR
2) Registry of Open Access Repositories (ROAR)
3) Ranking Web of World Repositories
4) List of Malaysian Repository
The WorldFish Center
WorldFish Center Publications
http://www.worldfishcenter.org/v2/pubs.html
http://www.worldfishcenter.org/v2/pubs.html
UKM Journal Article Repository
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/
Universiti Putra Malaysia -Universiti Putra Malaysia Institutional Repository (PSAS IR)
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM).Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Institutional Repository
http://eprints.utm.my/
Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM). UTHM Institutional Repository
http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/
University of Malaya (UM) MyManuskrip: Digital Library of Malay Manuscripts(Pustaka Digital ManuskripMelayu)
http://mymanuskrip.fsktm.um.edu.my/Greenstone/cgi-bin/library.exe
DSpace@UM
http://dspace.fsktm.um.edu.my/
http://mymanuskrip.fsktm.um.edu.my/Greenstone/cgi-bin/library.exe
DSpace@UM
http://dspace.fsktm.um.edu.my/
University Tenaga Nasional - UNITEN (University Tenaga Nasional Digital Repository)
http://dspace.uniten.edu.my/xmlui/