Researchers need reliable, collaborative, high-capacity and affordable storage solutions to manage their data. In order to provide appropriate solutions that meet the requirements of researchers, RCP offers two storage services:
RCP-NAS : collaborative storage. This service provides multi-site, snapshotted (ransomware-resistant), multi-protocol (Mac, Linux, Windows) storage for labs, schools, and platforms.
10 PB are currently available in the RCP system.
DELL PowerScale won the public tender and this system is in production in the new Datacenter.
The service description provides more details on this offer.
High-performance storage subsystem. This service offers a vendor-based (i.e., with support guarantees) storage solution for medium capacity, high-performance solutions. This storage is only accessible from the computing environment to be used as a scratch storage.
Collaboration and Archive Storage Systems offered at EPFL
| Storage Type/Specifications | NASRCP | NAS2023 | Object Storage (S3) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Replication | * | * | * |
| Snapshots | * | * | * |
| Protocols | NFS, SMB | CIFS, SMB | S3 |
| Offered Quota | None | 1 TB | None |
| Backup service | No | Yes | No |
| Performance | **** | **** | ** |
| Eligible for confidential Data | * | * | * |
| Typical Use | Active Research Data | Active Administrative data | Backups, Archives, Cold Data – Both administrative and Research |
| Operator | VPA-RCP | VPO-SI | VPO-SI |
| Price | 27 CHF/TB /year(U1) | TBD | 29 CHF/TB/year |
