Data ingested to the Data Archive of SURFsara is kept in two different tape libraries located at two different locations in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The Data Archive is connected with our compute infrastructure via a fast network connection allowing fast staging of archived data. Users are given a login, which enables immediate, 24/7 access to the service.
The Data Archive supports:
Data access is facilitated by several data transfer protocols that can be employed in a Linux or Windows environment:
The Data Ingest Service offers users the possibility to upload data from external storage media such as external hard-drives to the Data Archive storage facilities. The service is suitable if there is not enough bandwidth to transfer data via internet. Refer to the Data Ingest Service page for an extensive description.
Persistent Identifiers (PIDs) are used to make data referable in papers and traceable across different infrastructures. SURFsara offers the possibility to attach EPIC PIDs to data ingested in the Data Archive. More info can be found on the PID consortium website.
The SURFsara Data Archive allows the user to safely archive up to petabytes of valuable research data.
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