Data Storage
No backup – no sympathy
Hard drives are bound to break at some point. In many cases, they do not even last long enough to retain research data for ten years in accordance with good research practice.
Data lost – research lost. If you back your data up regularly, you are on the safe side. Make sure to choose a reliable storage medium and provider. There is a range of different storage options available to you at the University of Duisburg-Essen.
3-2-1 rule
To prevent data loss, make sure to:
Keep at least 3 copies of your data on 2 different types of storage media and 1 backup copy at an external location.
Storing and archiving data with Nextcloud
Cloud storage is convenient, but can be problematic: it's not always clear where data is stored and who has access. Nextcloud is an open source storage solution used in various formats at UDE – in the university cloud Sciebo, in invidivual instances for chairs with complex storage needs, and as a user-friendly interface for archiving data on UDE's own storage resources.
Coscine
Coscine is a platform for storing and archiving even large volumes of research data for up to ten years, guided by the FAIR principles.