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Storage Solutions

 

ServiceTypical use cases
Backup and archival
  • You want a regular backup of your PC or of your server within the MWN in order to be able to recover data in the event of data loss
  • You want a regular backup of your VMWare or Hyper-V environment within the MWN
  • You want a regular backup of your MSSQL, exchange or Oracle database within the MWN
  • You want to archive important data for 10 years or even longer and out source them to the LRZ in order to gain storage space for current data/projects
Bayern Share - Sync+Share
  • You want to save your data comfortably, safely, and reliably and at the same time have world wide access from multiple devices (desktop, laptop, tablet, smart phone) to the same version (sync)
  • You want to share and exchange your data with other people world wide
  • You want to collaboratively work on documents
Cloud Storage
  • You need a central home directory within the MWN on a central and very reliable network storage system
  • You need a central data storage for projects within the MWN on a very reliable network storage system
  • You need worldwide access to your data via web interface
ISAR Cloud Storage
  • You need an online archival area (only for local admins (Teiladministrator:innen) of the MWN-ADS)
  • You need a retention time of ten years with an automated sliding deletion
  • You need an additional back of the data in the archival and backup system of LRZ
Data Science Storage
  • You need a very performant and scalable storage for your scientific data you want to process with the LRZ compute resources
  • You want to share large amounts of data with external scientists or the public

Service/

Property

Backup and archivalBayern Share - Sync+ShareCloud StorageISAR Cloud StorageData Science Storage
Amount of dataCouple of MB up to many PBCouple of MB up to one TBCouple of MB up to hundred TB Some TB up to hundred TB Multiple TB up to PB
Speed++++++++++++
User managementLocalIntegrated into the IDMs of the participating institutionsIntegrated in the MWN active directoryIntegrated in the MWN active directoryIntegrated in the MWN LDAP
Access via external usersNoYes, via email invitationYes, via guest accountsNoYes, via Globus Online
Who can use it

LRZ user class 1-4

LRZ user class 1-4LRZ user class 1-4LRZ user class 1-4LRZ user class 1-3
Access from LRZ
  • Special client on your LRZ VM
  • SMB/CIFS mount on your LRZ VM
  • Web interface
  • smbclient commando on the LRZ HPC systems
  • SMB/CIFS mount on your LRZ VM
  • smbclient commando on the LRZ HPC systems
  • Mount on the LRZ HPC systems
  • NFS mount on your LRZ VM
  • scp via HPC login nodes
  • Globus Online
Access from the MWN
  • Special client on your PC/Server
  • SMB/CIFS mount on your LRZ VM
  • smbclient commando
  • scp via HPC login nodes
  • Globus Online
Access from the Internet
  • Only using IPv6 and only upon request
  • No
  • scp via HPC login nodes
  • Globus Online

Assignment of rights

Access control on ISP instance/client level. No per user assignment of rights.

Granular rights (read, read+write, administer) can be granted per top-level folder

Ownership of top-level folder can be passed along

Fine grained access control on file and directory basis is supported
  • Writing access only for local admins (Teiladministrator:innen)
  • Reading access for every member of the institution
Flexible access control on a per container level by the data-curators
Backup/
redundancy
  • Backup: 1 copy on tape
  • Archive: 2 copies on tape in different data centers
  • Hourly snapshots
  • Hourly replication onto a warm stand-by system
  • Daily backup onto tape
  • Hourly snapshots
  • Hourly replication onto a warm stand-by system
  • Daily backup onto tape
  • Snapshots
  • Daily backup onto tape
  • Optional: daily or weekly backup onto tape
  • Optional: daily or weekly archival onto tape

Backup and archival

BayernShare - Sync+Share

Cloud Storage

Data Science Storage

ISAR Cloud Storage


M365 Backup