NC State Research Storage
NC State Research Storage offered by OIT is available to any NC State researcher with an active grant or contract. The storage is designed to facilitate research and is accessible from authorized systems, including the NC State High Performance Computing Cluster, the Virtual Computing Laboratory (VCL), and Globus. Research Storage can also be mounted from a local machine.
Data maintained on individual OIT Research Storage shares are retained for the entirety of the faculty member’s employment at NC State. For project shares, data will be retained according to the requirements of the project sponsor for a maximum of 10 years.
More details on managing your Research Storage allocation:
| Who is eligible? | NC State faculty and researchers are eligible for individual allocations of 2TB. All active projects listed in the Research Enterprise Database (RED) system are also eligible for project shares of 2TB. |
| Is there a cost? | Individual and project shares of up to 2TB are available at no cost. Modest increases may be accommodated at no charge, but requests for significant allocation increases will incur an annual fee. Please see the "Additional Storage Space" section of Research Storage documentation for further pricing details. |
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| Grant support | The following text is provided for inclusion in your Data Management or Data Management and Sharing Plan (DMP or DMSP). Please request a consultation prior to including this information in your grant proposal so that we can discuss your specific grant proposal requirements. If you are creating a data security plan, going through IRB, or drafting any other agreement, please contact the RFS for advice on the appropriate language and level of detail.
Please see here for further information on writing NC State University Research Storage into your grant documentation. |