Johns Hopkins Information Technology provides the Johns Hopkins research community with highly scalable, performant, and secure storage and transfer solutions.
Johns Hopkins IT provides the following Research Data Storage and Transfer services:
- Storage
- Transfer
SAFE-STOR & SAFER-STOR
Managed by Johns Hopkins Information Technology, SAFE-STOR and SAFER-STOR are highly scalable, performant, and protected storage solutions available to Johns Hopkins investigators and adhere to a wide range of data compliance levels.
Access
All SAFE-STOR and SAFER-STOR projects and access requests require a PI’s approval. Once the submitted request has been approved by the PI, it will then be fulfilled by Research IT within 3 business days based on the order in which it is received.
SAFE-STOR is accessible from SAFE Desktop.
SAFER-STOR is accessible from SAFER Desktop and DISCOVERY HPC.
Data Security & Use
Both solutions are recommended for active research projects up to 100 TB and have a three-year data protection in place.
SAFE-STOR is best for user interactions, small-to-mid scale instrument data collection, organizing collections of data sets, and subsequent analysis. SAFE-STOR is suitable for projects requiring HIPAA, PHI/PII, LDS, and non-PHI/PII compliance.
In addition to the use cases listed above, SAFER-STOR is best for projects that require NIST SP 800-171 and/or Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Level 2 data compliance, in addition to HIPAA, PHI/PII, LDS, and non PHI/PII. This includes projects involving NIH Controlled-Access Data and Repositories included under the NIH genomic data sharing policy, Research Enclave for Analyzing Clinical Health data (REACH) projects, and other regulated research requiring this level of information security standard. SAFER-STOR is also suitable for projects involving the use of DISCOVERY HPC.
Cost Structure
Up to 10 TB of storage is free for SAFE-STOR and SAFER-STOR users for the first three years. After three years, a yearly charge of $6/TB/month will be applied.
10-100 TB of storage is $6/TB/month. If users require more than 100 TB of storage, it is recommended they contact Research IT to determine the optimal solution for their project(s).
Specifications
While SAFER-STOR is mountable to DISCOVERY HPC, SAFE-STOR is not. For more information on SAFE and SAFER Desktops, please visit the Virtual Desktops page.
Data Archiving
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Azure Blob Storage
Offered through Johns Hopkins University’s managed Microsoft Azure services, Azure Blob Storage provides scalable and secure object storage for cloud-native workloads, archives, data lakes, high-performance computing, and machine learning.
Access
Azure Blob Storage can be accessed by anyone with a Johns Hopkins JHED ID.
Data Security & Use
Azure Blob Storage is HIPAA/PHI-compliant.
There are several access tiers available for Azure Blob Storage:
- Hot tier
- Online tier optimized for storing data that is accessed or modified frequently
- Highest storage costs, but the lowest access costs
- Cool tier
- Online tier optimized for storing data that is infrequently accessed or modified
- Data should be stored for a minimum of 30 days
- Lower storage costs and higher access costs compared to the hot tier
- Cold tier
- Online tier optimized for storing data that is rarely accessed or modified, but still requires fast retrieval
- Data should be stored for a minimum of 90 days
- Lower storage costs and higher access costs compared to the cool tier
- Archive tier
- Offline tier optimized for storing data that is rarely accessed and has flexible latency requirements
- Data should be stored for a minimum of 180 days
- Lowest storage cost, high retrieval cost
Cost Structure
Azure offers several different pricing tiers for data storage. To learn more, please visit their pricing page.
Specifications
Azure storage capacity limits are set at the account level, rather than according to access tier. Investigators can choose to maximize their storage usage in one tier, or to distribute capacity across two or more tiers. For more information please fill out the Research IT intake form.
Data Archiving
File versioning history limit: File versioning history remains as long as the file hasn’t been deleted and is under 500 versions
Retention period: 42 days
Globus
Globus, is a popular and approved data transfer service that enables data sharing and is available for researchers to securely transfer files into and out of SAFE-STOR and SAFER-STOR*.
*Under certain allowances compliant with NIST SP 800-171 and CMMC Level 2.
Access
Globus can be accessed by anyone with a Johns Hopkins JHED ID.
Data Security & Use
Globus is HIPAA/PHI-compliant and under certain allowances can modified to meet NIST SP 800-171 and CMMC Level 2 compliance.
Cost Structure
Globus is fully subsidized for Johns Hopkins researchers.
Specifications
- Transfer and synchronization requests can be made through a web browser or command line interface
- Scheduling and automated flows are available
Azure Data Factory (ADF)
Azure Data Factory (ADF) is an approved cloud data integration tool through IT@JH’s managed Azure service that orchestrates and automates the movement and transformation of data. ADF is HIPAA/PHI-compliant.*
*Under certain allowances compliant with NIST SP 800-171 and CMMC Level 2.
If you are interested in using ADF, please email [email protected].
HORNET
The Johns Hopkins Research Network (HORNET) is the high-speed network platform specially designed to support the big data needs of the Johns Hopkins research community.
Access
HORNET can be accessed by anyone with a Johns Hopkins JHED ID upon request.
Data Security & Use
HORNET is approved for open science projects.*
*Not approved for HIPAA/PHI
Cost Structure
HORNET is fully subsidized.
Specifications
- 200gig single mode Hopkins-owned fiber connections
- Managed Globus end points
- Enables collaboration between Johns Hopkins researchers and more than 210 U.S. educational institutions, 70 corporations, and 45 non-profit and government agencies
- Offers short-term data storage and server colocation facilities
Interested in learning more about the storage and transfer solutions available to you at Johns Hopkins? Check out the chart below!