ERIS has a wide variety of data storage solutions that can meet the needs of the research community across the Mass General Brigham (MGB) system. 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.
All of the data storage solutions that ERIS provides are approved for internal data flows that have PHI, based on MGB InfoSecurity and data privacy guidelines and policies. If there are specific requirements built into an external DUA or contract, then additional consultation may be needed to determine the best solution.
ERIS provide a number of different storage and backup solutions for the Research communities at Mass General Brigham
An additional 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 datasets up to 64TB * |
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SMB/CIFS NFS | $, pay-as-you-go |
SFA | Small to large file-based datasets including backup, if you need datacenter redundancy |
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SMB/CIFS |
First 256GB is free |
CloudVault | petabyte-scale, hybrid file-based storage with highly secure controls that satisfy contractual and US and EU government requirements for highly sensitive data |
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SMB/CIFS NFS |
$, pay-as-you-go |
Dropbox Business at Partners HealthCare | File storage for collaboration |
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web download, replicated to desktop folders |
no charge 1TB limit |
Syncplicity | Replication and internal sharing of Desktop files and images suitalble for highly sensitive/secure data. |
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web download, replicated across multiple desktop folders |
annual subscription cost:$50/year |
Archival Storage | ||||
"Massive Array of Disk." Archiving large files which are infrequently modified; scales to PB |
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SMB | $, pay-as-you-go | |
Cluster Attached Storage | ||||
BriefCASE | High Performance Storage dedicated to the ERISOne Linux Cluster with data sets 200GB+ and average file size > 4MB |
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panFS SMB/CIFS |
$, pay-as-you-go or capital purchase |
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.
Two file-based storage options are available for data that is analyzed using ERISOne Linux Cluster or Windows Analysis Servers
Secure backup for work-related data (system files are excluded) for Mac, Windows or Linux desktop or laptop computers.
MGB's Technical Services and Operations (TSO) offers a robust, multi-site server backup solution available for Research servers called Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM). TSM saves a configurable amount of active, inactive and deleted file versions, collocated to an alternate datacenter for disaster recovery capabilities. Additional options are available to snapshot an entire server into an archive, and the tapes containing that archive can be shipped off-site to a secure vaulted site for multi-year data retention. Data retention options are listed on the request form.
Supported Servers:
- Windows 2008R2, 2012 and 2016
- Redhat/CentOS Linux
Cost:
- Free
How to request the service?
Open a request through the IS Service Hub.