Explore EPFL’s map of research data storage solutions, designed to support your Research Data Management needs. This visual guide categorizes the most widely used available storage services by typical research use cases.
Note: This page is exclusively for research data storage. For administrative data related to research, please consult the DSI webpage.
The map is also available in a searchable table format, showing the locations of these services and highlighting solution types (e.g., cloud), including those certified by EPFL to meet compliance and security standards.
Select the best storage solution for your project’s requirements, ensuring both accessibility and security.
While not exhaustive, this page provides an overview of key solutions. For questions, additions or updates about the information on this page, contact [email protected].
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| NAME / SERVICE | TYPE / SCOPE | EPFL CONTACT* | DATA LOCATION | MAX SIZE | PRICING |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACOUA | Archiving | SISB and DSI | EPFL and Switzerland | 10TB/dataset | 0 CHF |
| ELN EPFL | Databank and Computing | ISIC | EPFL | None | [same as EPFL NAS] |
| EPFL NAS | Server | DSI | EPFL | None | 45 CHF/TB/year |
| GitLab | Code Repository | DSI | EPFL | None | 0 CHF |
| High-performance subsystem | Computing | RCP | EPFL | [unknown] | 0 CHF for CaaS users |
| MyNas | Server | DSI | EPFL | – Students: 5GBs – Internal collaborators: 25GBs – External collaborators affiliated with EPFL: 5GBs | 0 CHF |
| Microsoft 365 | Cloud | DSI | EPFL and Switzerland | 250GB/user | 0 CHF |
| Google Drive | Cloud | DSI | [unknown] | 20GB/user | 0 CHF Note: do not use it for personal/sensitive data! |
| OMERO | Databank | BIOP | EPFL | [unknown] | 50 CHF/TB/year |
| Object Storage S3 | Object Storage | DSI | EPFL | None | 29 CHF/TB/year |
| RCP NAS | Server | RCP | EPFL | [unknown] | 20.75 CHF/TB/year |
| SCITAS/home | Server | SCITAS | EPFL | 100GB/user | Fees included in the compute services |
| SCITAS/work | Server | SCITAS | EPFL | Elastic on demand | – Storage: 1.0942 CHF/month per actual TB used – Backup (optional): 0.7316 CHF/month per actual TB used |
| SCITAS/scratch | Computing | SCITAS | EPFL | Elastic on demand | [same as SCITAS/work] |
| SCITAS S3 | Object Storage | SCITAS | EPFL | Elastic on demand | [same as SCITAS/work] |
| SCITAS/archive | Archiving | SCITAS | EPFL | Elastic on demand | 0.3322 CHF/month per actual TB used |
| SCITAS/export | Server (NFS/SMB) | SCITAS | EPFL | Elastic on demand | [same as SCITAS/work] |
| SLims | Databank | SV-IT | EPFL | None | Data storage: 25CHF/Year – Full professor: 3000 CHF/Year – Associate Professor : 2000 CHF/Year – Tenure track: 1000 CHF/Year |
| Switch Filesender | Sharing (temporary storage) | DSI | EPFL | 300GB/dataset | 0 CHF |
| SWITCH Drive | Cloud | DSI | Switzerland | 100GB/user | 0 CHF |
| Materials Cloud Archive | Data Repository | THEOS | – Switzerland (CSCS) – Italy (CINECA) – Germany (JSC) | – 5GB/dataset (default; more possible) – 50GB for AiiDA datasets | 0 CHF |
| Zenodo (EPFL Community) | Data Repository | SISB | Europe | – 50GB/dataset – 200GB/dataset on request | 0 CHF |