Storage Services

This long-term storage is priced as a fee-for-use model, and clients have the ability to purchase only the storage they need, for as long as they need it. While slower than disk-based storage, this tape archive has expansion capabilities into the thousands of terabytes. This system allows clients to store data in a cost-effective manner, and have that data easily accessible days, months, or years in the future.

Used by/Available to

UPHS and PSOM Faculty and Staff

Capacity Assumptions/Restrictions

Redundant, tape-based system (each file stored on 2 separate tapes)

Continuity and Security

Sensitive*, Restricted and Public Data

Cost

$1/TB/month, billed monthly as daily average of GBs used

Support

For support, email: psom-pmacshpc@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

How to Access

To access this resource, please contact your SIO at DART_SIO@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Data service for the High Performance Computing cluster, providing a parallel filesystem connected via high-speed, low-latency networking for maximized throughput. A fee-for-use model providing flexible storage usage calculated as a daily average and  billed monthly.

Used by/Available to

UPHS and PSOM Faculty and Staff

Capacity Assumptions/Restrictions

None

Continuity and Security

Sensitive*, Restricted and Public Data

Not backed up

Cost

$30/TB/month, billed monthly as daily average of GBs used

Support

For support, email:  psom-pmacshpc@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

How to Access

To access this resource, please contact your SIO at DART_SIO@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

The primary environment for data storage.  PMACS can tailor the storage for sponsor-specific data, intellectual property (IP) protection, HIPAA requirements, or other Data Use Agreement (DUA) specific needs.

Full Description

Standard Storage is available in two tiers:

  1. Standard Storage with Backup
  2. Standard Storage without Backup

Storage may be made available in a variety of forms, including the following: As a department or lab file share, an NFS mount on a Linux server, via sFTP, attached directly to a server or used as the underlying storage to support the database services.

Used by/Available to

UPHS and PSOM Faculty and Staff

Capacity Assumptions/Restrictions

Depending on user requirements, back-up routines can be daily, weekly, or monthly

Continuity and Security

Sensitive, Restricted and Public Data

Cost

With Backup: $30 / TB / month

Without Backup: $10 / TB  / month

Support

For support, submit a ticket to the Systems queue.

How to Access

To access this resource, please contact your SIO at DART_SIO@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.