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=== Disadvantages === * Migration addresses the possible obsolescence of the data carrier, but does not address that certain technologies that use the data may be abandoned altogether, leaving migration useless. * Time-consuming β migration is a continual process, which must be repeated every time a medium reaches obsolescence, for all data objects stored on a certain media. * Costly β an institution must purchase additional data storage media at each migration.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Muira, Gregory|title=Pushing the Boundaries of Traditional Heritage Policy: maintaining long-term access to multimedia content|journal=IFLA Journal|volume=33|year=2007|issue=4|pages=323β326|doi=10.1177/0340035207086058|s2cid=110505620|url=http://www.ifla.org/files/assets/hq/publications/ifla-journal/ifla-journal-4-2007.pdf}}</ref>
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