LAN Storage Options Chart

The table below shows a fairly complete list of all of Lehigh's LAN-based electronic file storage systems. Individual departments or teams may have additional resources for their own use.

Storage System	Notes	Limited To	Storage Size	Cost	Retained Backup	Sharing	Allowed Data
H: Drive	Network storage with a publicly accessible folder for sharing. Pros: LTS-supplied to all Lehigh users, LTS-managed, LTS-Backup Cons: Small size	Lehigh accounts	Small	-	Yes	limited (public folder)	II, III, IV
I: Drive (Standard)	Pros: pre-provisioned for all staff and faculty; whole dept access, Backed up, LTS-Managed Cons: whole dept access, size limit, crowded	Lehigh accounts	Medium	-	Yes	Dept.	II, III, IV
I: Drive (Access Controlled)	Directories with enumerated access-control (specific users with defined permissions -- not whole dept) within I: for Class I data storage (non-PCI). Pros: LTS-Managed, Backed up Cons: LTS-Managed, Size limit, Undocumented	Lehigh accounts	Medium	-	Yes	Custom	I, II, III, IV
J-Drive	LTS-Managed Storage space for Financial / Administrative info For business data / admin data users	Financial Admins	Medium	-	Yes	Custom	II, III, IV
Custom AD File Service	Departments can request custom AD file storage space that isn't mapped to the "I-drive"	Lehigh Accounts	Small	-	Yes	Custom	I, II, III, IV
R-Drive	Pre-provisioned Ceph space for FT Faculty Pros: No cost to researcher, redundant hardware, LTS-Managed Cons: Not sharable, FT Faculty only.	FT faculty	Medium	-	No	No	II, III, IV
CourseSite	Lehigh's Course Management System (Moodle). Handles a variety of file types via web interface.	Lehigh Accounts	Small	-	Yes	Yes	II, III, IV
LTS Drupal Web Sites	Customizable Web content management system. LTS-managed. Capable of small file storage.	-	Small	-	Yes	Custom	III, IV
CONTENTdm	Digital content management system for files of any kind. Customizable web interface, display, metadata, etc.	-	Medium	-	Yes	Custom	III, IV
LU File Sender	LTS File Exchange Service offering temporary file storage. User-customizable access for any internet user with an email address.	-	Small	-	14 day	Yes	I, II, III, IV
Confluence	LTS Commercial Wiki-style team collaboration system. File upload, sharing capability.	Lehigh Accounts	Small	-	Yes	Yes	III, IV
Ceph	LTS-managed High-capacity Storage System	-	Large	$375 / TB / 5 yr.	No	Custom	II, III, IV<
Digital Humanities Storage	Pros: No cost to researcher Cons: Limited to Humanities Contact jgg223@lehigh.edu to request such a space.	FT Humanities Faculty	Medium	-	Yes	Custom	III, IV
Departmental Server	Departmental virtual or hardware server. Examples are EES's GIS1, Chemistry's Plasma, Biology's FMRI, etc. Pros: Provided by Dept., Customized for Dept Cons: Installation/Maintenance Cost to Dept., Dept Provides Administration (Dedicated staff support?)	-	Large	$1000 / VM / yr. ~$5K-$20K	-	Custom	III, IV
Consumer External NAS Drive	Storage device attached directly to a LAN with a web-based configuration interface and user-definable access accounts. Pros: Cheap, Shareable Cons: Self-Managed, Reliability	-	Medium	$200 - $5K	-	Custom	III, IV
Legacy Lehigh Web Server	Access through ssh server	-	Small	-	Yes	Custom	III, IV