Long-term Data Archive (Granite)

Granite is NCSA’s 300PB global archive for all non-regulated datasets, providing cool storage capacity for datasets needing long term retention at low cost to researchers. Data on Granite is available via Globus and S3 and NCSA partners with the Illinois Data Bank to host large curated datasets on the system.

About This Offering

Features and Benefits

  • Cost effective archival data storage
  • Store infrequently accessed data
  • Single archive name space

Other Names

Archive Data Backup | Research Data | Tape Archive | Tape Archive System

Provider

NCSA

Using This Offering

Who can use this offering?

Faculty and Staff

How do I request this offering?

Request a system allocation.

Is there a charge to use this offering?

Granite Pricing

Where can I learn more?

Granite User Documentation

Support

How do I get help?

Click the Get Help button on the right side of the page.

When is support available?

University Business Hours

Is training available?

Granite User Documentation