On-premise Storage Services for Scientists
We offer a broad range of on-premise storage services tailored to the specific needs and requirements of the Weizmann Institute's scientific staff.
Please refer to the following table of offerings, to locate the on-premise storage service most suitable to your particular needs.
| StorWIS for Big Data |
WEXAC (High Performance Computing) |
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|---|---|---|
| Product Description | The Weizmann Institute’s central computational research data storage platform. | A large-scale supercomputing resource for scientific computing. |
| Target Users | PIs, students, staff members, groups and departments. A WIS user ID is required. |
PIs, students, staff members, groups and departments. A WIS user ID is required. |
| Use Cases | Personal and group file storage, and departmental and Sharing Data Acquisition pre/post processing. | High performance computing and processing phases. |
| Snapshot Policy | Service charges include a daily snapshot with a maximum retention period of 14 days. | Service charges include a daily snapshot with a maximum retention period of 14 days. |
| Backup Policy | Optional backup service. | |
| Archive Policy | WEXAC archive facility. | |
| Supported Access Protocols | CIFS or SMB, through LAN or VPN. | GPFS, NFS, CIFS or SMB, through LAN or VPN. |
| Billing Model and Monthly Rates |
As per "pay as you go" space allocation. |
As per "pay as you go" space allocation, bundled with backup. |
| Minimum Order | 100 GBs. | 100 GBs. |
| Increment Size | 100 GBs. | 100 GBs. |
| Maximum Order | 20 TBs (call for more in a single order). |
5 TBs (call for more in a single order). |
| Internal Services Code | StorWIS Private folder, StorWIS Lab folder, StorWIS Lab Member folder, StorWIS collaboration folder. |
WEXAC. |