Cost defined storage
The cost defined storage (CDS) service provides large quantities of storage space ( > 100 TB) for researches, teachers and employees of ETH. The storage can be provided via NFS or SMB and connect to HPC cluster at ETH. The storage nodes are from OUs family and the storage space available depends of the desired service.
The storage node should be easy for customers to order and use. The following service characteristics are provided by the IT Service group:
Qo-1
5 year subscription to a number of current storage nodes (from 325 TB of useable storage space) The IT Service group is responsible for the purchase, coordination and installation of the hardware in the OU server/ computer rooms.
QoS-2
Like in QoS-1 the service includes the initial system installation and system configuration, maintenance of hardware and operating system however, with additional system and storage management options.
QoS-3
The customers can purchase a subscription in parts of a storage node- ? . ? , ? and 1 whole storage node capacity is possible. The minimum term of a subscription is one year.