Study related storage
This kind of storage can be used to store everything that is related to a certain study.Request procedure
- Create an ID for your study at https://data.cbs.mpg.de if you do not already have one.
- Request the storage via the Userportal.
- You'll be notified by the IT department as soon as your storage was created.
FAQs
Expand all Collapse allHow can I manage the permissions of my study storage?
All administrators of a storage block can grant and revoke permissions via the Userportal.
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How do I get permissions for a certain study storage
Please ask an administrator of the given storage block to grant you permissions like described here. To get a list of the administrators you can use this command which shows detailed information about a storage block.
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How can I get more quota for existing storage?
Please write a ticket containing the following information:
- Name of the storage block(s)
- Amount of additional space needed
- How long is the extra storage needed?
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What are the differences between the two storage types (fast/protected)?
Two different types of storage can be requested per study: Protected storage The name of those storage blocks starts with
p_. Protected storage is synced to a second server every night. There is no revision based backup but there are snapshots allowing us to restore deleted/modified data in many cases. Please immediately write a ticket if you need something to be restored. The read/write rates are lower compared to fast storage.
Data to be stored here: raw data, scripts, final results, documents, everything that cannot be reproduced
Fast storage
The name of those storage blocks starts with pt_. Fast storage is only protected against disk failures, there is no copy on a second server. The data is gone if the server burns down. There are snapshots allowing us to restore deleted/modified data in many cases. Please immediately write a ticket if you need something to be restored. Fast storage provides a much better performance compared to protected storage.
Data to be stored here: intermediate results, test data, everything that can be reproduced
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How can I show detailed information for a given storage block?
Detailed information about storage blocks are only available on our Linux system. Just open a terminal and enter the following command:
user@host > cbsdata -s [Name_of_StorageBlock]
Hint: If you are working on a Mac oder Windows computer you might want to connect to a Linux system via SSH or our Linux remote access to run the command.
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