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Research Data Storage Options

ITS currently offers the following storage services in support of research:

 

Research Data Storage Service (RDSS)

Large Scale Storage (LSS)

Iowa Health Data Resource (IHDR) data enclave

R:Drive

Shared Drive OneDrive

About

Highly-available storage; is not accessible from high performance computing systems.

Allows complex permissions nested inside a single file share.

Storage available from high performance computing (HPC) systems, including Argon and the Interactive Data Analytics Service (IDAS).

Accessible from on-campus computers, through UI VPN, and RDCS for internal/external data collaboration and sharing.

Does not allow complex permissions nested inside a single file share.

A secure data storage service for researchers to analyze data from University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics.

 

Accessible only from the Argon and Interactive Data Analytics Service (IDAS) high-performance computing systems.

Low cost option ideal for large data sets or long-term storage in the Carver College of Medicine.

The goal of this service is to provide file storage for departments, units, or colleges. 

An enterprise cloud storage solution for your file sharing and collaboration needs.

Use

Desktop File Sharing

HPC & Desktop File Sharing

HPC Data Analysis

Desktop File Sharing

Desktop File Sharing Desktop File Sharing

Available on HPC Systems

No

Yes

Yes

No

No No

Backups

Yes

Optional

No

Yes

Daily Continually

Snapshots

Daily

HPC: Hourly, Daily, Monthly
Non-HPC: Daily

Hourly, Daily, Weekly, Monthly

Daily

30-day snapshots are online for users to do a "self-restore" Data are backed up and synced continually to the cloud

Snapshot/Backup Retention

30 days

30-90 days

30 days

90 days

6 months Deleted items remain in Recycle Bin until it is emptied or 90 days

Access Methods

NFS, SMB/CIFS, sftp

HPC: NFS, SMB/CIFS, Mixed CIFS/NFS, GridFTP, scp/sftp, rsync, RDCS

SMB/CIFS from Argon and IDAS only

SMB/CIFS

SMB/CIFS Web or Desktop Client

Approved Data Classification Levels

Public, Internal, Restricted**, HIPAA** (SMB/CIFS only), Export-Controlled*

Public, Internal, Restricted**, HIPAA** (SMB/CIFS only), Export-Controlled*

Data sets containing data generated by University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics

Public, Internal, Restricted, HIPAA

Public, Internal, Restricted Public, Internal, Restricted, HIPAA

Max Storage Capacity

10TB

N/A

N/A

10TB

1GB of space per full-time employee 1TB

Fees

If you are a researcher with a faculty appointment, a single 5TB share of backed-up storage is available upon request at no cost in your choice of either RDSS or LSS. Additional space is available for a fee; refer to the RDSS and LSS service pages for details. No charge

$270/TB/year (can be purchased in smaller increments)

Additional space can be purchased for $.08/GB/month No charge

Recommended For

Researchers who need audited storage for sensitive data or need their data to be highly available

Researchers who need to use HPC systems to analyze their data, need to store a large amount of data, or have unique storage needs that require some customization

Researchers who need to use HPC systems to analyze data from University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics

Researchers in the Carver College of Medicine who need to store a large amount of data or need HIPAA-Compliant storage

Research teams & departments who don't need to storage a large amount of data Researchers who need an easy way to collaborate with others

Request

RDSS Request Form

LSS Request Form

Email the IHDR Data Enclave support team

Enterprise Service Center

Email the support team Office 365 Sign-in

* Please contact research-computing@uiowa.edu before putting Export-Controlled data on LSS or RDSS.
** If you intend to store protected health information (PHI) from UIHC on LSS or RDSS, you are responsible for obtaining approval from the UIHC Data Governance group.  Please submit a request by navigating to the UIHC Data Governance Request Form.

Recommended Language for Grants

RDSS:

Data will be stored on managed University of Iowa, Information Technology Services systems. This is a secure space that includes daily backups. Space required for this project is approximately XX Terabytes. The cost of up to 5TB is free, however, should we need more space, the cost of additional TB is $270/TB/Year.  We request XX TB = $XXX/year to support the storage needs of the project.

LSS:

Data will be stored on managed University of Iowa, Information Technology Services systems.  Space required for this project is approximately XX Terabytes.  The cost of 1TB is $35/TB/Year without backups and $70/TB/Year with backups.  We will/will not require backups of our data.  We request XX TB = $XXX/year to support the storage needs of the project.

R:Drive:

Data will be stored on managed University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine IT systems. This is a secure space that includes daily backups. Space required for this project is approximately XX Terabytes. The cost of 1TB is $270/TB/Year.  We request XX TB = $XXX/year to support the storage needs of the project.

Shared Drive:

Data will be stored on managed University of Iowa, Information Technology Services systems. This is a secure space that includes daily backups. Space required for this project is approximately XX Gigabytes. We are provided at no cost with 1GB per full-time employee, however, should we need more space, the cost of additional GB is $.08/GB/month.  We request XX GB = $XXX/year to support the storage needs of the project.

OneDrive:

Data will be stored on Microsoft's OneDrive for Business storage space.  The University of Iowa has an enterprise agreement with Microsoft and have contractually agreed to safeguard UI data. This is a secure space that includes continuous backups. Space required for this project is approximately XX Gigabytes. The cost of up to 1TB is free. 

Current Status

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Maintenance

Services scheduled for maintenance over the next 7 days. Please refer to the calendar view of alerts for a complete schedule.
There is currently no planned maintenance.

Past 90 Days

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Alert History

Start: 
Sunday, October 13, 2019 - 4:30am
End: 
Sunday, October 13, 2019 - 7:00am
Description

Scheduled work:  An end of row switch has experienced failed ports.  The switch will be rebooted and if necessary replaced with a spare. The switch in question is located at the south end of row BA.  Impacted cabinets and device owners will be communicated with in a separate, more focused communication.

Data center(s): Information Technology Facility (ITF)

Expected Duration: 90 minutes total (4:30 AM - 6:00 AM)

 

Scheduled work: Move research network links at ITF from over-subscribed cards to line-rate cards:

  • link to each of 2 research firewalls
  • 1 link in LC<>ITF 2x10G agg link

Data center(s): Information Technology Facility (ITF)

Expected impact on services:  No impact is expected because the firewalls should fail-over seamlessly and the LC<>ITF agg link should remain up at 1x10g

Expected Duration: 1 hour total (6 AM - 7 AM) 

Last updated: 
Sunday, October 13, 2019 - 7:00am