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 | ||||||
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 |
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 | |
Lehigh's Course Management System (Moodle). Handles a variety of file types via web interface. | Lehigh Accounts | Small | - | Yes | Yes | II, III, IV | |
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 |
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 | |
LTS Commercial Wiki-style team collaboration system. File upload, sharing capability. | Lehigh Accounts | Small | - | Yes | Yes | III, IV | |
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 |
CrashPlan Backup | Access only via Client Software. Backup Option -- Save to cloud storage. | Faculty, Staff | Medium | $90 / User / yr. | - | No | II,III,IV |
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