Storage Option Summary

HPC High Performance Storage (Tier 1)

Summary

Every user has access to individual and group storage on the system where they can store data for active analyses as summarized below:

Checking your Storage Quota and Usage

(puma) [netid@junonia ~]$ uquota
                                            used  soft limit  hard limit
/groups/pi_netid                            6.6G      500.0G      500.0G
/home                                      37.1G       50.0G       50.0G
/xdisk/pi_netid                            12.9G        9.8T        9.8T

xdisk

Rental Storage

This service enables researchers to rent storage on an on-site data array located in the UITS research data center and networked near our HPC systems to enable efficient data transfer to/from the HPC.

Funded by RII, this new service is immediately available to any faculty researcher and can be accessed through the HPC user portal.

Details on the service:

• The first-year rate is $94.50 per TB, and RII will provide matching funds for first-year allocations to make the actual first-year cost to researchers $47.35. These matching funds will be applied automatically.
• The ongoing rate after year one is $47.35 per TB per year.
• Researchers must provide a KFS account for this service, which will be charged at the end of the academic year (June 2023)
• Your space will be mounted as /rental/netid and is mounted on the data transfer nodes
• You can use Globus to move data that is external to the data center
• You can use scp, sftp or Globus to move data to and from HPC resources 

More information especially on Getting Started is found at this page

General Research Data Storage (Tier 2)

Research Technologies in partnership with UITS is implementing an Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3 rental storage solution. This service provides researchers with an S3 account which is managed by AWS Intelligent Tiering. After 90 days of nonuse, data will be moved to Glacier. After 90 additional days, it will be moved to Deep Glacier. There will be no charge for data stored at either Glacier level, nor for any transfer charges. The data can be retrieved at any time, although it will take a while. 

For information on setting up and using an S3 account, see: Tier 2 Storage

For information on Google Drive, see: Google Drive

Long term Research Storage (Tier 3)

Individual groups are responsible for managing and archiving their data. Some options for data archival include:

NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy

The NIH has issued a new data management and sharing policy, effective January 25, 2023. The university libraries now offers a comprehensive guide for how to navigate these policies and what they mean for you.

What's new about the 2023 NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy?

Previously, the NIH only required grants with $500,000 per year or more in direct costs to provide a brief explanation of how and when data resulting from the grant would be shared.

The 2023 policy is entirely new. Beginning in 2023, ALL grant applications or renewals that generate Scientific Data must now include a robust and detailed plan for how you will manage and share data during the entire funded period. This includes information on data storage, access policies/procedures, preservation, metadata standards, distribution approaches, and more. You must provide this information in a data management and sharing plan (DMSP). The DMSP is similar to what other funders call a data management plan (DMP).

The DMSP will be assessed by NIH Program Staff (though peer reviewers will be able to comment on the proposed data management budget). The Institute, Center, or Office (ICO)-approved plan becomes a Term and Condition of the Notice of Award.