Research data storage & transfer

Services

• HPC staging storage: 1.5 PB of high-performance data storage using a DDN/IBM SpectrumScale GPFS system in the Switch Reno-Tahoe Datacenter is available for data staging during compute, or alternatively as a secondary backup target. This service has a use fee of $8/TB/month (FY22), and has a lifetime matched with the Pronghorn HPC system (2018-2024).
• OURRstore Tape Archive: The OU & Regional Research Store (OURRstore) is a large-scale tape archive storage system deployed and maintained by the OU Supercomputing Center for Education & Research (OSCER) at the University of Oklahoma (OU). OURRstore is designed for bulk data archiving, not for backups. Data is written once and read infrequently.

  Researchers must request access to OURRstore, purchase a minimum of two tape sets, which will be delivered directly to OU, and organize their data according to the best practices defined by OU. The data can then be uploaded using either Globus or the researcher’s preferred SFTP client.

  The Office of Information Technology serves as a liaison to assist with questions regarding the data transfer process. However, please note that we do not have access to OURRstore or your on-premises data.

  If you have any questions, please email hpc@unr.edu.

 Data storage and offboarding policy

• Allowable/appropriate data: These systems are designed for uncontrolled RESEARCH data only. Controlled data or non-research data will not be allowed on these systems.
• Offboarding: If OIT is notified that an allocation owner NetID is no longer active in the system (employment separation), OIT will permanently purge the former user’s directory as part of an automated process 60 days after separation to free up resources, without further notification and without backup. It is the responsibility of the users, user departments, and research data authorities on campus to appropriately manage and copy data off the system prior to directory deletion by OIT.