Storage at UNIGE

Local hard drive Personal NAS (H:) Faculty NAS (I:, J:) Academic NAS OneDrive SharePoint SWITCHdrive UNIGE GitLab Object storage (S3) Hedera Storage outside UNIGE
Description Personal computer
Laboratory instrument
Local server		 Institutional file servers Institutional file servers Institutional file servers Cloud storage Online server Cloud storage Online storage Object storage Institutional file servers / Object storage
Recommended for research data No (unless backed up) No No Yes No No Yes Yes, for source code only Yes Yes
Purpose Storage space available directly on your personal device Storage space for personal office files. Backup is provided automatically by UNIGE. Storage space for shared office files within a Faculty / service. Backup is provided automatically by UNIGE. Storage space for academic / research data, which may be shared or kept private. Backup is provided automatically by UNIGE. Storage space associated with your UNIGE Microsoft account. Data are hosted by Microsoft (but remain in Switzerland). Document management solution offering a full range of collaborative tools. Data are hosted by Microsoft (but remain in Switzerland). Solution developed for Swiss higher education institutions. Secure collaborative software development environment enabling users to track and manage the entire lifecycle of an IT project. Its features also include document management. Object storage is a storage architecture designed to manage large volumes of unstructured data (photos, videos, audio files, research datasets, etc.). Hosting and long-term preservation of active research data through standards used in the field of digital humanities: RDF for metadata, and IIIF for sharing visual resources on the Web or via a SPARQL query.
Accessibility Local access only Accessible from any computer connected to the UNIGE network or via VPN Accessible from any computer connected to the UNIGE network or via VPN Accessible from any computer connected to the UNIGE network or via VPN Accessible from anywhere Accessible from anywhere Accessible from anywhere with a SWITCH edu-ID account Accessible from anywhere Accessible from anywhere via an application / client Accessible from anywhere
Hosting location Local UNIGE UNIGE UNIGE Microsoft (Switzerland) Microsoft (Switzerland) SWITCH (Switzerland) UNIGE UNIGE UNIGE
Internal / external sharing Sharing via a transfer tool (email, USB drive, etc.) Sharing via a transfer tool (email, USB drive, etc.) Automatically shared with members of the Faculty / service Folder sharing within UNIGE only Internal and external sharing (without a public link)
See how to share a document on OneDrive 		Internal and external sharing (without a public link) Sharing via a link with members of the SWITCH edu-ID community, including external users (who may create an account)
See how to share a document on SWITCHdrive 		Sharing by invitation with people who have a UNIGE GitLab account
, including external users.
Public access is possible		 Sharing via a third-party application Easy internal and external sharing
Access management Private Private Faculty / service It is possible to grant access to specific folders to UNIGE members (request to be submitted via Digital Workplace) It is possible to grant access to specific folders and files on a named basis only, by entering the person’s email address. It is possible to grant access to specific files on a named basis only, by entering the person’s email address. It is possible to grant access to specific files on a named basis only, by entering the person’s email address. It is possible to grant access to UNIGE members, non-UNIGE members, or provide public access Access management by space ("bucket" or "namespace"). It is possible to grant access to UNIGE members and non-UNIGE members Different access levels by project (public, private)
Persistent identifier assignment No No No No No No No No No Yes (coming soon)
Accepted sensitivity level High High High High High Definition in progress Medium
Data are not encrypted 		High High Medium
Security and backups Security and backup must be set up by the user Security and backup are provided by the IT department. Snapshots are available (allowing restoration of a previous version) Security and backup are provided by the IT department Security and backup are provided by the IT department (via TSM with a retention period of 730 days). Versioning available Definition in progress One-year backup provided by Microsoft (outside UNIGE) Backup provided in collaboration with the IT department Data are replicated, encrypted at rest, backup to be defined Depending on the chosen configuration:
- Security and backup are provided by the IT department
- Data are replicated, encrypted at rest, backup to be defined		 /
Accepted data volume Limited by the hard drive or server capacity Students: 10 GB Staff: 50 GB 1 TB Several thousand TB - 100 GB for students
- 1 TB for staff		 / 100 GB, up to 1000 GB on request No limit No limit No limit
Costs Free Free Free 1 TB free of charge, then CHF 75/TB/year Free Free Free Free CHF 75/TB/year CHF 75/TB/year, in increments of 1 TB
Useful links / Documentation for personal and shared NAS Documentation for personal and shared NAS -Academic NAS documentation (research)
-E-Research documentation on the Academic NAS 		OneDrive installation guide Access SharePoint & user guide Access SWITCHdrive -Access UNIGE GitLab
-Overview of UNIGE GitLab
-UNIGE GitLab user guide 		Object storage documentation Overview of Hedera
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