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Commercial cloud providers offer affordable data storage solutions, in particular long-term storage (cold and archival), and these are often recommended as options for storing secondary copies of data. Those interested in getting started with commercial cloud services should contact research-it@ucsd.edu in order to take advantage of benefits to users under UC San Diego's Consolidated Billing Program.
Benefits may include (depending on the service provider chosen):
- 11% discount on all services under UC negotiated rate
- Additional discount on data egress under UC negotiated rate
- Additional 1% discount offered by reseller
- Federated login
- Multi-factor authentication
- Access to spend-monitoring and security-risk dashboards at no cost (licensed by UC San Diego)
- Monthly recharge billing
- Access to in-house technical expertise
If commercial cloud storage is a solution under consideration, these tips may be useful:
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Learn more about commercial cloud service providers, UC negotiated agreements, and how to request an account account under the Consolidated Billing Program here
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Need help establishing a data management best practice workflow for your research group or lab? Please contact research-it@ucsd.edu
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