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
Keep at least 3 copies of your data on 2 different types of storage media and 1 backup copy at an external location.
Coscine
Coscine is a platform for storing and archiving even large volumes of research data, guided by the FAIR principles.
Cloud storage: Sciebo
Cloud storage is convenient but can be problematic: it is not always clear where the data is stored and who can access it. The university cloud Sciebo is a reliable choice.
To learn more about which data is suitable for storage with Sciebo and which data requires special protection, consult the paper Datenkategorien und ihre Eignung zur Sciebo-Cloud-Nutzung [PDF] (in German).