Secondary Storage Service
Secondary Storage Service
IT Services Cloud Services offer a competitive multi-petabyte object-based storage service to departments, academics, and colleges, dual-sited (Oxford, Slough), resilient (HA), using an abstraction layer providing a secure and scalable platform. This service is also available through the small research facility framework. Cost is per GiB month typical usage is in the 50+TiB range with some presentations exceeding 700 TiB this can be presented via CIFS, NFS or S3. This could also be a suitable target for backups (such as Veeam).
We support backups but do not provide them. Advanced replication options (e.g. to/from public clouds or private stores) are available on request at additional cost.
For further information, see the IT Services - Service catalogue: Private Cloud: Secondary Storage (Scality)
Contact: cloud-support@it.ox.ac.uk
Key service details
Available to: Individual, or groups such as departments
Capacity: From GB to 100s of TB as needed
Suitable data: Public and Internal data
Storage management: Project-based or Individual
Student access: As users
Oxford-wide collaborators and external user access: Yes, please enquire
Authentication method: Depends on solution
Access methods: Web access, API, command line, Mapped folder, App access
Costs: No free provision: costs detailed at Charges | IT Services (ox.ac.uk)
