The PetaLibrary¶
Use the PetaLibrary to store, archive and share research data.
- Minimum project size: 2 TB
- 2 classes of storage: active and archive
- 5 different storage options within these classes
- See our website for pricing information
- New customers are limited to either
- 75 TB in Active Storage, or
- 100 TB in Archive Storage
- Email rc-help@colorado.edu to request more space if necessary
Accessing the PetaLibrary¶
Request access to the PetaLibrary by:
- Reading the PetaLibrary Memorandum of Understanding
- Filling out the attached End User Agreement and Order Form (found in the MOU), and emailing those documents to rc-help@colorado.edu
Each person who accesses the PetaLibrary is required to have a Research Computing account and two-factor authentication.
Your PetaLibrary allocation will have a name that is selected by you. For example, Jane Doe might name her lab’s allocation jdoe_lab.
- To access active storage: Log in to a Research Computing via login.rc.colorado.edu
and navigate to:
/pl/active/<your_allocation_name>(e.g.,/pl/active/jdoe_lab) - To access archive storage: Archive storage is located at:
/pl/archive/<your_allocation_name>
Note that access via the login nodes is not recommended for frequent or large read/writes of archived data.