ERIS has a wide variety of data storage solutions that can meet the needs of the research community at Partners. There are a number of options available, providing various levels of high performance, high density and high availability. ERIS will gladly assist you with finding the right solution to meet your price and usage requirements.
ERIS provide a number of different storage and backup solutions for the Research communities at Partners.
An additonal Storage Solutions FAQ outlines various data scenarios that may also help you decide what storage solutions are right for you.
Quick Compare
| Service | Ideal for... | Features | Connection Protocols | Cost | ||||
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| General Purpose | ||||||||
| Research Interactive Storage (RIS) | large file-based data sets up to 30TB * |
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SMB/CIFS NFS | $, pay-as-you-go | ||||
| SFA | small to large file-based data sets up to 1TB |
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SMB/CIFS |
charge begins at 1TB |
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Cloud Vault  |
when data must be encrypted, scales up to multiple TB |
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SMB/CIFS | pricing coming soon, pay-as-you-go |
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| Archival Storage | ||||||||
| MAD | data written once, read seldom (archives and backups for data sets 1TB+ |
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SMB/CIFS SSH Rsync | $, pay-as-you-go | ||||
| Cloud Vault |
when data must be encrypted, scales up to multiple TB |
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SMB/CIFS | pricing coming soon, pay-as-you-go |
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| Cloud Bucket |
archiving large files which are infrequently modified, scales to PB |
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s3/Swift/CAS HDFS |
pricing coming soon, pay-as-you-go |
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| Application-Based Storage | ||||||||
| Cloud Bucket |
web applications requiring object-storage |
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s3/Swift/CAS HDFS |
pricing coming soon, pay-as-you-go |
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| Cluster Attached Storage | ||||||||
| BriefCASE | working on ERISOne Linux Cluster with data sets 200GB+ |
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panFS SMB/CIFS |
$, pay-as-you-go or capital purchase |
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| SuitCASE | active-archive and backup of ERISOne cluster data sets 200GB+ |
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$, pay-as-you-go | |||||
At this time, these services have limited availability for proof-of-concept, pilot use cases. Please email rcc@partners.org if you are interested in participating in the pilot.
Research Interactive Storage
Research Interactive Storage is a low-cost, pay as you go file storage solution ideal for researchers whose work generates large data sets that then need to be analyzed. It is designed to meet the very large file storage requirements common to research. Storage can either be attached via a network share to an existing host or be directly attached to a Virtual Machine (VM) in ERIS' DIPR hosting space.
RFA (Research File Area shares)
Features
- Expandable shares to accommodate your data growth
- Login using your Partners Username and password
- All files are backed up and retained for 90 Days (on system)
Macintosh or Windows computers via SMB/CIFS
- Up to 30TB per share (Larger volumes may be available depending on the use case. Contact rcc@partners.org to inquire).
- Flexible folder permissions that you manage
- Off system backup available on request
Linux/Unix Computers via NFS protocol
- Up to 64TB per share
- Off system backup available on request
DIPR Storage (Additional storage for your VM)
Features
- Up to 2TB of storage per LUN (multiple LUN's supported)
- All files are backed up and retained for 7 Days
SFA (Shared File Areas)
The SFA solution is provided by central IT. To procure the service, search for SFA from the Service Catalog found at http://www.partners.org/isservicedesk.
For more information on SFA requests, consult the following KB articles
Cloud Vault
At this time, this service has limited availability for proof-of-concept, pilot use cases.
Cloud Vault is ideal for data that must be encrypted and for data that needs additional layers of protection to prevent loss.
This terabyte-scale, file-based storage solution exposes the high capacity and multi-site replicated capabilities of the object store to the end user without the complexity of object store access. Supports creation of shared directories accessible via SMB. Geo-replication allows for loss of an entire site while protecting your data in two different datacenters more than 50 miles apart.
MAD
MAD (Massive Array of Disks) provides the research community with a cost-effective, continuously scalable, archival tier of storage that is centrally located within the secure PHS datacenter. MAD is ideal for data that is written once and read seldom, such as archives and backups.
Access
- Partners credentials are used to access all new accounts
- MAD shares can be granted access via a PAS group or list of Partners usernames
- SMB/CIFS (Windows file sharing), rsync, ssh and scp are supported
Characteristics
- Centrally managed by ERIS
- Physically located within PHS' highly secure datacenter in Needam MA
- Connected to the 40Gb/s Partners network core. Any network limitation will occur at client end
- Current configuration of 1.7 Petabytes, growing by demand
- There is no backup to tape at this time. Risk of data loss accommodated by next item
- Optional transparent replication of files across system for greater fault tolerance, lower risk of loss (2x cost)
- Pay (charged back) monthly on actual usage
- No limit on how much you can store, ERIS will keep pace with demand
Cloud Vault
At this time, this service has limited availability for proof-of-concept, pilot use cases.Cloud Vault is ideal for data that must be encrypted and for data that needs additional layers of protection to prevent loss.
This terabyte-scale, file-based storage solution exposes the high capacity and multi-site replicated capabilities of the object store to the end user without the complexity of object store access. Supports creation of shared directories accessible via SMB. Geo-replication allows for loss of an entire site while protecting your data in two different datacenters more than 50 miles apart.
Cloud Bucket
At this time, this service has limited availability for proof-of-concept, pilot use cases.Cloud Bucket is ideal for web applications requiring object-storage or for archiving files which are infrequently modified.
This petabyte-scale, object-based storage solution has multi-site replication capabilities built in and is accessible via Amazon S3 and OpenStack Swift compatible tools and APIs. Multi-site replication allows for loss of an entire site while protecting your data in two different datacenters more than 50 miles apart.
Cloud Bucket
At this time, this service has limited availability for proof-of-concept, pilot use cases.Cloud Bucket is ideal for web applications requiring object-storage or for archiving files which are infrequently modified.
This petabyte-scale, object-based storage solution has multi-site replication capabilities built in and is accessible via Amazon S3 and OpenStack Swift compatible tools and APIs. Multi-site replication allows for loss of an entire site while protecting your data in two different datacenters more than 50 miles apart.