Research Data Storage | VCR | University of Nebraska Medical Center

Data Storage Services Provided by RITO

Data storage, retrieval, archival, backup, purging and planning;
Develop policies and procedures
Implement data management practices
Database creation and maintenance;
Work with investigators to follow data management policies and procedures that meet research specific regulatory requirements;
Work with NSRI project personnel and provide direction and support for IT related activities (data storage, data security, backup, data transmission and access);
Help on setting up EPIC (i.e. server with subset of data for research and academic usage);
Coordinate data stewardship for large research files that need to be moved from machine to machine.

Enterprise HIPAA-Compliant Storage

Storage space can be purchased at $299.00 / TB / year. This storage space is mainly geared towards data that are PHI or HIPAA compliant, but researchers can use this space for other types of data also.

Researchers are encouraged to purchase storage space in 1 TB increments. Please contact us to purchase storage space

Non-HIPAA Value Storage at the Holland Computing Center

The Peter Kiewit Institute's Holland Computing Center (HCC) is part of the University of Nebraska System, which we have partnered with to offer value-pricing for storage of non-HIPAA or non-PHI compliant data. The rate is

$250.00 / TB / year, more details
$105.00 / TB / year (no replication and backup)
$26.00 / TB / year for Attic storage

And includes daily backups to our Lincoln datacenter. Currently this storage option requires the use of the SFTP protocol to transfer files to HCC, meaning users must use a program like WinSCP to copy data to the storage server.

Cloud Storage

The required method for storing Research Data in the cloud is using Box. For more information or to set up an account, visit our Box Cloud Storage page.

Technical Support for Data Storage

The storage allocation is usually done within two business days.
The researcher should expect occasional slow copying speeds when transferring data to HCC, especially during business hours.
The support for storage is available from Monday – Friday from 9:00AM – 5:00 PM by email only. There is no support on holidays.
Please expect additional fees when data is required to be restored from backup.
If your grant is ending and your data is stored on enterprise storage, please contact us to discuss plans for sustaining or archiving your data.