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Cloud storage offers a secure and reliable alternative to local storage for large amounts of data, ensuring that researchers can access their files from anywhere while maintaining high levels of security. All institutes provide cloud storage with best-practice backup systems, protecting against data loss and ensuring continuity. With cloud storage, researchers can efficiently manage, share, and collaborate on data, all while benefiting from robust security protocols and easy access across different devices and locations.
Library recommendation: In case of data storage and backup for personal projects and internal (within the institute) collaborations, we recommend the use of the institutional data storage solutions (see below). For other collaborations, SWITCHdrive is recommended for projects with limited data volumes. For larger data volumes, we recommend setting up an S3 storage solution. Please reach out to the Lib4RI Data Management team if you have questions about how to set up an S3 storage solution or about storage solutions in general.
Institutional data storage solutions
Homedirectory (Eawag intranet) on shared virtual server cluster with mirrored sites in Dübendorf; snapshot and tape backups. Snapshots are created hourly (kept for 48 hours), half-daily (kept for 31 days), and daily (kept for 90 days).
Shared virtual server cluster (Empa intranet) with mirrored sites in Dübendorf; snapshot and tape backups. Snapshots are created hourly (kept for 48 hours), half-daily (kept for 31 days), and daily (kept for 90 days).
High-performance servers integrated with petabyte-scale archive, SciCat interface, and regular backups. List of data storage solutions here (PSI intranet). Backup frequency depends on the chosen solution.
Centralized servers with RAID and daily backups (WSL intranet); long-term preservation to EnviDat or offline media; cloud storage supported. The WSL file server can be configured for different backup regimes, depending on the needs of the project.