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Storage Type | Advantages | Disadvantages |
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External Storage i.e., portable hard-drive or Laptop | Fully user controlled, can be encrypted, portable, and not accessible by others without physical access | Easily lost, vulnerable to damage, no extra copy, only as safe as the circumstances |
Cloud backed service i.e., Google Drive or Dropbox | User friendly, accessible from anywhere, interactive use of native files, shareable, sync-able | Possibly costly and subject to unexpected terms of service changes, potentially unauthorized access |
Cloud storage services i.e., AWS, GCP, or Azure | Robust, scaleable storage with customizable access and interoperability within the cloud environment | Potentially costly egress fees, terms of service changes |
Institutional Research storage service i.e., ARCC Data Portal | Free up to default limits, support for UWyo researchers, included backups and snapshots | Requires a UWyo based PI, does not include an offsite back up, or non-compliant data only |
Institutional HPC Storage i.e., ARCC MedicineBow | Access to compute power, specialized directories for performance and collaboration, snapshots | Linux only permissions, not backed up, non support for interactive use of some file formats -compliant data only |
Specialized Institutional storage i.e., ARCC Pathfinder | Cloud-like backend and functionality with S3 protcol for sharing | Not backed up, no access to compute, requires specialized software clients to interact with, non-compliant data only |
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Considering Other Requirements
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