Storage of scientific data

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The IT department offers two storage infrastructures for scientific data of the research teams of the IGBMC.

The Mendel storage is intended for the scientific data of on-going research projects (hot storage). Mendel is accessible directly from the IGBMC workstations (SMB protocol) or from the IGBMC computing infrastructure in order to analyze or visualize the data. Storage spaces are allocated by project (not by team or user).

The Space2 storage is intended for data conservation (cold storage) and is no longer recommended for analysis and visualization.

Mendel and Space2 will also be accessible through the Globus network from January 2023

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Mendel storage spaces are provided free of charge in 2023. To ensure that this service remains free after 2023 and that as many teams as possible can benefit from it, we ask you to use it responsibly and sensibly. Please request only the storage space you need for your ongoing research and limit your requests to what is necessary. Mendel should never be used to store your old data for free.

Key facts

	Mendel	Space2
For what purpose	Research projects in progress Data being analyzed or visualized	Retention of unpublished data
Organization	Per project	Per projects or teams
Durée de validité d’un espace de stockage	6 mois à 3 ans	Jusqu’à la fin de vie de l’infrastructure*
Backup	Daily snapshots retained for 30 days	Daily snapshots retained for 3 days
Replication	Replication to remote site once a month	No replication
Capacity	1 PB	1.2 PB
Software	Qumulo	MooseFS
Hosting	Datacenter of the University of Strasbourg	Datacenter of the University of Strasbourg
How to access	From workstation (smb) From IGBMC cluster : `/shared/mendel` Through Globus (à partir de janvier 2023)	From workstation (jusqu’au 31 décembre 2023) From IGBMC cluster (jusqu’au 31 décembre 2023) Through Globus (à partir de janvier 2023)
Pricing	Free (in 2023**)	4.60€ / TB / month
Request a space	Online request form	Online request form
En savoir plus	Mendel storage	Space2 storage

* The Space2 infrastructure can be maintained until 2028 ** Mendel storage will be free for all in 2023. This pricing will be extended beyond 2023 if it is sustainable by IGBMC.