Research Storage
What type of storage do you provide?
Apocrita has around 5 petabytes of IBM Spectrum Scale (formerly called GPFS) storage. This is a high-performance clustered file system which provides concurrent high-speed file access to your data. It is widely used in HPC both commercially and in academia. The storage system is connected to the QMUL Enterprise backup solution (TSM) to provide a high level of data resilience.
We also provide a cold storage archive service for infrequently accessed research data.
More detail is available at https://docs.hpc.qmul.ac.uk/storage/
Can I store personal, sensitive or confidential data?
To ensure we meet strict data standards within the School of Medicine and Dentistry we can provide access to a Data Safe Haven (DSH) to allow research using personal, sensitive or confidential data.
To discuss any additional requirements you may have, please contact the ITS Research Consultants: its-research-consultants@qmul.ac.uk
Should I use Cloud storage?
The Information Storage Matrix indicates the appropriate data storage platform(s), for your data based on the security classification of the data concerned. It is contained within QM’s Data/Information Governance Policy (DG09), which you can familiarize yourselves with here. It is particularly insightful for researchers.