Data Services

The INC data rate is for optional PetaLibrary storage (beyond what is stored in Flywheel). The rate per TB per year of storage is: $100 TB/year.

What is Included in Data Rate:

The data rate includes INC staff helping you clean up/curate/delete/or move your data to/from different devices. INC staff can also manage your snapshots, upsize or downsize your allocation, run routine checks for data anomalies, and be a direct advocate for your data on PetaLibrary should any problems arise. Other services include:

  • support with data management (directory structures, permissions, etc)
  • support with data viewing (VNC servers/clients, samba mounts, etc)
  • data monitoring for problems/allocation limits before it becomes a problem
  • free archive storage on /pl/archive
  • upgrades (BeeGFS → ZFS) are managed for you
  • representation on PetaLibrary oversight/stakeholder committee
  • support with data curation (cleaning/deleting data/organizing data)
  • scanner data auto-QC (missing data detection, high motion detection , etc)
  • automatic conversion to BIDS format for all scanning sessions
  • provenance tracking on all data in Flywheel (scanning and derivative/analysis data)
  • data tagging/subsession creation without copying 

Billing for both data and analysis for FY24 will be done quarterly (previously monthly).