Data Storage Finder

Flexible and scalable object storage for use with AWS Cloud services and on-premises resources.

A public access institutional repository for research data created by Penn State faculty, graduate students, and their collaborators.

An open-source software platform where members of the Penn State Community can share and collaborate on code.

Flexible and scalable object for use with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and on-premises resources. 

Although still active, this service is no longer recommended due to vendor-enforced quotas. Select this service and see Limits in the comparison table below.

Enterprise-level, cloud-based media management platform for storing, publishing, and streaming videos, video collections, and other media.

On-premises file-based storage provided by local Information Technology teams.

Flexible and scalable object storage for Microsoft Azure and on-premises resources.

Scaleable cloud-based file storage service for Microsoft Azure and on-premises resources.

Cloud-based storage designed for business—access, share, and collaborate on all your personal work files from anywhere.

Provides Penn State faculty and staff with on-premises network attached storage (NAS), allowing them to store, access, and share files within the Penn State network.

Cloud-based storage designed for research project data at the high or restricted information classification levels.

A secure, web-based application for databases and online surveys for research purposes.

On-premises storage mounted to compute resources and designed for actively used files and data sets identified as Information Classification Levels 3 or 4 (ATO Required). The Roar cluster does not offer a dedicated "archive" storage option.

On-premises storage mounted to compute resources and designed for actively used files and data sets.

On-premises archival storage separate from compute resources and designed for long term storage and infrequently used files and data sets.

An institutional repository for storing all types of scholarly materials, including publications, instructional materials, creative works, and research data.

Secured and vetted cloud-based storage using a special version of Microsoft's SharePoint technology.

Web-based platform for sharing files and content. Provided through Penn State's Office 365 agreement with Microsoft.

Cloud-based enterprise video-sharing service. Provided through Penn State's Office 365 agreement with Microsoft.

On-premises file service provided via Windows servers for Penn State academic/lab users.

Cost-effective, reliable Virtual Machines (VM) for departments, colleges, and research units at Penn State.

Secured and vetted virtual infrastructure located on-premises at Penn State.

Flexible and scalable object storage in the cloud.

$0.023/GB/Month* Varies based on storage tier, duplication, and region.

There is no fee for storing public access research data on the Data Commons.

None for git.psu.edu, but you might incur charges if you set up a vm for runners.

$0.026/GB/Month* Varies based on storage tier, duplication, and region.

No cost. Covered under Penn State's Subscription.

No cost. Covered under Penn State's Subscription.

Based on any agreement with service provider (e.g., local IT department).

Varies based on storage tier, replication, region, and whether reserved capacity is used.Example: Locally Redundant Tiered Blob istorage n US East Regions: Hot LRS - $0.0172/GB/Month,Cool LRS - $0.0036/GB/Month,Archive LRS - $0.00098/GB/Month

$0.06/used GiB/Month in Standard Tier.  $0.20/used GiB/Month in Premium tier

No cost. Covered under Penn State's Subscription.

Primary Storage: $7.50 / TB allocated / monthReplication Add: $5.50 / TB allocated / monthBackup Add: $11 / TB consumed / month (UBI rate). Billing will be done quarterly.

Currently covered centrallly, though with a limited number of available licenses.

No cost.

Access to Roar cluster resources is limited to users with paid service level agreements. Active Storage (data that will be worked with and retrieved often) is currently $33.35 per 5TB per month.

Individual users are alloted a baseline quota of active storage in Home, Work, and Scratch directories. Additional active Storage (data that will be worked with and retrieved often) may be purchased as part of a service level agreement and is currently $33.35 per 5TB per month.

Archive Storage (long term storage and infrequently used files and data sets) is only available through a service level agreement and is currently $6.00 per 5TB per month.

The University provides this service at no cost to current Penn State faculty, students, and staff and to emeriti faculty.

No cost. Covered under Penn State's subscription.

No cost. Covered under Penn State's subscription.

No cost. Covered under Penn State's subscription.

Commodity service paid for by Penn State IT.

$0.04/GB/Month + Cost of host VM.

$0.04/GB/Month + Cost of host VM.

$6.99/TB/Month; Reserved Capacity Storage options available

Individual objects are limited to 5 TB in size.

Data Commons is a mediated service. There are no limits for data storage. Data Commons staff work with data providers to ensure the most effective manner for handling data. This is especially true for large, complex data sets.

- max projects/user: 100- max attachment size: 100 MB- max import size: 50 MB- max artifacts size: 2048 MB- default artifact expiration: 30 days

Individual objects are limited to 5 TB in size, each bucket has unlimited growth.

Google Workspace for Education customers have a specific pooled (institution-wide) storage limit that has been significantly reduced by Google and will be reduced again in the future. Due to these changes, Penn State no longer recommends Google Drive for storage. Contact googleworkspace@psu.edu for more information.  For informational purposes, Google Drive limits are posted on this page.

No posted file size limits.

Configuration dependent

Individual objects are limited to 4.7 TB in size, each storage account is limited to 5PiB.

Individual files in a file share limited to 1 TiB, max file of a file share is 100 TiB.

250 GB upload file size limit. More info available on this page.

Min: 50 GB; Max: Contact Support; Currently, allocations must be less than 100TB.

No posted file size limits.

Storage allocated in 5 TB blocks with a minimum of a 5 TB allocation.

Storage allocated in 5 TB blocks with a minimum of a 5 TB allocation

Storage allocated in 5 TB blocks with a minimum of a 5 TB allocation

Single file uploads via browser cannot exceed 500 MB; Folder or group file uploads via browser cannot exceed 1 GB; Dropbox uploads cannot exceed 1.9 GB; Box uploads cannot exceed 5 GB

250 GB upload file size limit. More info available on this page.

250 GB upload file size limit. More info available on this page.

50 GB upload file size limit.

1 GB max allocation

Min: 5 GB
Max: Contact Support

Min: 5 GB Max: Contact Support

No posted limits.

Penn State is not charged ingress fees under our contract. Data egress fees are waived up to 15% for each AWS account's total monthly spend.Data can be automatically moved to colder storage tiers based on policy to reduce monthly costs at a greater expense of retrieval. Mounts can be performed with the FUSE filesystem or utilizing the Storage Gateway service for CIFS, iSCSI, or VTL for backup software.Contact Penn State Cloud Services for more information.

Data Commons provides public access to data. Any data on the Data Commons must be able to be open and publicly accessed with no restrictions.

Please note that we are actively considering moving this service to hosted GitHub. While CI/CD functionality is included in Gitlab, we do not currently provide runners or a platform for runners. Help at support@git.psu.edu.

Penn State is not charged ingress fees under our contract. Data egress fees are waived up to 15% of of PSU's total monthly spend.Data can be automatically moved to colder storage tiers based on policy to reduce monthly costs at a greater expense of retrieval.Mounts can be performed with the FUSE filesystem.10 Gbps public network peering is in place with Google.Contact Penn State Cloud Services for more information.

API permissions may not be available to all users.

Find out more about how to use Kaltura by visiting its support page.

Penn State is not charged ingress fees under our contract. Data egress fees are waived up to 15% of of PSU's total monthly spend.Data can be automatically moved to colder storage tiers based on policy to reduce monthly costs at a greater expense of retrieval.Mounts can be performed with the FUSE filesystem.Private network peering is possible using Azure Private Link service.Contact Penn State Cloud Services for more information.

Penn State is not charged ingress fees under our contract. Data egress fees are waived up to 15% of of PSU's total monthly spend.Private network peering is possible using Azure Private Link service.Contact Penn State Cloud Services for more information.

Microsoft is transitioning away from low-cost online storage for higher education customers, which will impact Penn State’s use of Office 365 services. Please see this article for more information

Contact ORIS or Penn State IT Information Security about potentially using Preveil to store research project data at the High (Level 3 - ATO Required) or Restricted (Level 4 - ATO Required) information classification levels.

Contact Penn State IT - Information Security about storing High (Level 3) or Restricted (Level 4) data in RedCap.

Storage allocations are subject to inode restrictions: 1,000,000/TB for active and 200,000/TB for archive. Each file you store uses an inode; if your workflow generates an extremely large number of very small files, it’s possible to run out of inodes before running out of storage space. As the Roar cluster transitions to new data security requirements, access will become increasingly limited.

Storage allocations are subject to inode restrictions: 1,000,000/TB for active and 200,000/TB for archive. Each file you store uses an inode; if your workflow generates an extremely large number of very small files, it’s possible to run out of inodes before running out of storage space.

Deposit of content to ScholarSphere grants Penn State University non-exclusive rights for preserving that content and, if you choose, disseminating that content (see our "Preservation Policy" below).

Contact Penn State IT — Information Security to create an Enclave Secure SharePoint folder that supports High (Level 3) or Restricted (Level 4) data.

Microsoft is transitioning away from low-cost online storage for higher education customers, which will impact Penn State’s use of Office 365 services. Please see this article for more information.

See the Knowledge Base article, Managing UDrive Storage Utilization.

Requires a virtual machine (VM) to host the storage; VMs start at $2.00/month. Reachable via the Research Network (confirm).

Requires a virtual machine (VM) to host the storage. VM requires an ATO to be processed with Penn State IT - Information Security.

Penn State has a Master Customer Agreement with Wasabi. Prospective users will work directly with Wasabi regarding planning, purchasing, and support (see Contact Information).