Research Data Glacier

What Is It?

ACER has partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and the UIC Library to provide archival storage space to UIC faculty members for research funded through federal grants. The storage is hosted on Amazon’s S3 Glacier Deep Archive, which provides low cost storage for data that needs to be archived for several years in order to meet the data retention and sharing requirements of NIH and other federal research grants.

Features

• Very low cost – $12/TB/year
• Prepayments may be made from grant funds
• Unlimited capacity
• Hosted at secure, off-site locations with replication

Please visit our Research Storage page to learn more about the details of this service and to request storage space on the system.

Requirements

This service is intended only for the preservation and sharing of federally funded research data. Data hosted on this service must have an accompanying metadata record uploaded to UIC's INDIGO repostitory. Instructions for creating a metadata record can be found here.

Who Is Eligible To Use It?

UIC Faculty and Staff.

Where Can I Get It?

Click on the "Request Data Glacier Storage" request button on this page.

How Do I Use It?

Please see ACER's Research Data Glacier knowledge base article to learn how to use this storage offering.

How Much Does It Cost?

This service is Self-Funded.

How Can I Get Support?

If you are experiencing a problem with this service, please report it. If you just have a question, feel free to ask us.

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