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Storage Options for Research Data

  • Category: Cloud storage
  • Archiving duration: Project duration
  • Target group: Members of NRW universities; external project members
  • Access: Browser or client; login via Shibboleth
  • Capacity: Up to 2 TB per project box; 500 GB per person
  • Recommendation/notes: Suitable for collaborative work; storage of personal data not recommended
  • Note: Integration into local environment (Explorer) possible

Further information on Sciebo

  • Category: BITS disc storage
  • Archiving duration: Project duration
  • Target group: Members of Bielefeld University
  • Access: University network (on site or via VPN client); BITS login
  • Capacity: Up to 10 GB per person; 200 GB per group
  • Recommendation / Notes. Suitable for internal university collaborative work; sensitive data with additional encryption
  • Note: High data integrity through backups

Further information on the network drives

  • Category: Cloud storage (research data)
  • Archiving duration: Project duration; archiving for up to 10 years
  • Target group: Members of Bielefeld University; external project members
  • Access: Browser or S3 client; login via Shibboleth (for members of Bielefeld University); ORCID (for external project members)
  • Capacity: Up to 125 TB per research project (after application)
  • Recommendation / Notes: Suitable for collaborative work; storage of personal data not recommended
  • Note: Geo-redundant storage; FAIR-compliant

Further information about Coscine

  • Category: Repository (Publication)
  • Archiving duration: Permanent
  • Target group: Researchers at Bielefeld University
  • Access: Browser; login via Shibboleth
  • Capacity: unlimited
  • Recommendation / Notes: Suitable for permanent publication; publication of personal data possible in compliance with data protection regulations
  • Note: Georedundant storage via SAFE-PLN (LOCKSS technology)

To the PUB website

  • Category: Long-term archive
  • Archiving duration: Archiving beyond 10 years
  • Target group: Researchers at Bielefeld University
  • Access: No registration possible; internal service
  • Capacity: unknown
  • Recommendation / Notes: Suitable for long-term archiving of research data; archiving of personal data possible in compliance with data protection regulations
  • Note: Used exclusively for long-term storage; no active access (dark archive)
  • Category: Version management / development platform
  • Archiving duration: Project duration; permanent
  • Target group: Members of Bielefeld University; External project members; External contributors
  • Access: Browser; Login via Shibboleth
  • Capacity: unlimited
  • Recommendation / Notes: Suitable for collaborative work; Sensitive data not permitted
  • Note: Not for archiving; Special focus on development activities

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