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OIT Storage Resource Summary

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OIT Storage Resource Summary

Recommended Use Service or Solution Description Protocols & Access Contact More Information Data Color
Productivity and Office Documents
Department and University file and document sharing Department Shares A “file share” or “project share” support members of department or university groups for file sharing and collaboration.  This is provided to users of the OIT Managed Desktop or by contracted support. Server Message Block (SMB) Managed Desktop Support Managed Desktop File Storage Service up to Red – with data steward approval and custodian coordination
Individual file storage NCSU Drive Provides a user home directory for Windows or Linux users (with a valid UnityID) Service Message Block (SMB) or NFSv4 Managed Desktop Support Your NCSU Drive Space up to Red – with data steward approval and custodian coordination
Individual, department, or team cloud based file storage. NC State Google Drive Google workspace provides individual (My Drive) or shared (Share Drive) online storage that can be accessed by multiple computing and mobile devices for individual or collaborative work. Secure Hyper Text Transport Protocol (HTTPS) Help Desk NC State Google Workspace up to Red – with data steward approval and custodian coordination
Academic, Research, and High Performance Computing
Grant, Contract Academic, or Research Storage Research OIT Research Storage is available to any NC State researcher with an active grant or contract.  The storage is designed to facilitate research and is accessible from authorized systems. Network File System (NFSv4)

 

Service Message Block (SMBv3)

OIT Research Research Storage up to Red – with data steward approval and custodian coordination
High Performance Computing HPC Storage for running jobs Storage accessible only from OIT HPC cluster (henry2) – available from all nodes – supports running jobs and data being actively analyzed Network File System (NFS)or General Parallel File System (GPFS)

OIT HPC

OIT HPC Copy Files up to Red – with data steward approval and custodian coordination
High Performance Computing HPC Mass Storage Long term storage of HPC data that is not actively being used. Accessible only from HPC login nodes Network File System (NFS) OIT HPC OIT HPC Copy Files up to Red – with data steward approval and custodian coordination
Secure University Research Environment SURE Storage attached to SURE instances and services   OIT SURE SURE Service up to Red – with data steward approval and custodian coordination
General Storage and Backup
Network accessible file and application storage of varying sizes Network Attached Storage (NAS) NAS services are replacements for standalone file services for either Windows and/or Linux/Unix client systems that can scale. Department file share, NCSU drive Network File System (NFS)

 

Server Message Block (SMB)

Platform Compute Services OIT General Storage Services up to Red – with data steward approval and custodian coordination
Server based application or database storage. Block Storage Block or SAN storage service is designed for departments/units that need to maintain an existing server infrastructure and/or have performance requirements.

 

 

Virtual Server

 

Server

Platform Compute Services OIT General Storage Services up to Red – with data steward approval and custodian coordination 
Bulk Storage Block Storage or NAS Storage Bulk storage service available for departments/units to provide local storage service via bulk purchase.   Platform Compute Services OIT General Storage Services up to Red – with data steward approval and custodian coordination
Data Protection for OIT managed storage Backup Backup service is provided for OIT Block/SAN and NAS storage offerings.   NFS

SMB

Backup Application

Backup Client Software

Platform Compute Services OIT General Storage Services up to Red – with data steward approval and custodian coordination
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