Offered by
National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA)The purpose of Granite is to provide low-cost, “cold” data storage options for long tail research data, backups and disaster recovery needs.
Topics
Access
How to gain access:
To request allocations, visit https://wiki.ncsa.illinois.edu/display/USSPPRT/NCSA+Allocations
Available to:
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Faculty and Staff
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Grad Students
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Undergrads
Description
The purpose of Granite is to provide low-cost, “cold” data storage options for long tail research data, backups and disaster recovery needs.
Technical Specifications
– Disk front end with data migrated to tape back end
– 2 copies of data on tape
– Interconnect: 100Gb Ethernet
– 40+ PB capacity tape automation; scalable on demand
Cost
Check the resource site.