Data Storage
Institutionally supported storage, web-based storage for specific research data types, and other specialized storage are available.
Several types of storage are available to research users at Cincinnati Children's:
- Institutionally supported enterprise storage -- i.e., personal, divisional shared and project drives
- Web-based storage systems for specific research data types -- e.g., genotype, microarray, flow cytometry
- Other specialized storage -- i.e., any option that doesn't fit within the first two categories
Institutionally supported enterprise research data storage (RDS)
Cincinnati Children's maintains institutionally supported storage for research. Researchers and support staff automatically receive 10 GB of personal storage space, which is institutionally provided for free. Each division also receives 100GB of shared space, charge-back free. Increases to these free quotas and additional project-based storage space are available at the following charge-back rates:
- $.50/GB/year for space without backup
- $1/GB/year for space with full (two-month) backup
- $2/GB/year for space with extended (one-year) backup
In additional to regular space, long-term archive space is available for $.50/GB/year.
New requests for RDS storage as well as requests for quota increases should be submitted through http://ibmi.cchmc.org (available from inside the CHMC network only). Please ask for help if you have any questions about this request system.
More information:
- About RDS
- List of personal/divisional shared drives paths
- Mapping drives on Windows
- Mapping drives on Mac OS X
- Restoring files on Windows
- Restoring files on Mac OS X
- Research Data Storage Request System (accessible only from the Cincinnati Children's internal network)
- Permissions Management System (accessible only from the Cincinnati Children's internal network)
For assistance, contact the BMI Help Desk.
Web-based storage systems for specific research data types
Biomedical Informatics currently is developing several web interfaces for uploading and downloading specific research data types. By using these systems, researchers save space on their personal and project drives. In addition, files are stored in a structured rather than unstructured environment, which means they can be more easily found and identified.
Currently, the following web-based systems are available:
Plans are under way to develop an additional web interface for storing image files.
If you are interested in using any of these systems, please email the BMI Help Desk.
More information:
Other specialized storage
Biomedical Informatics also maintains storage systems that are specialized and don't fit into the first categories. Examples might be server attached storage for database and other servers, storage in support of cluster computing, and storage with special requirements such as bandwidth and latency.
Current examples of specialized storage include the i2b2 Research Data Warehouse hosted on Oracle, storage for VMWare clusters, cluster scratch space, and home directories for DMZ LDAP accounts.
Please contact the BMI Help Desk if you need any kind of storage, and we'll be happy to work with you to create the proper setup.
