Main Speaker: Michael Bourgette - mbourget@stanford.edu
Notes Taker: vivienwu@stanford.edu
What is available now
Rates were reduced and offers were simplified starting FY15
Server Storage: SATA and SAS
File Storage
Data Protection: Disk to Disk replication and TSM backup
Video Editing : extended SAN (dark Fibre) from Forsythe to local buildings
top-level service offering link: https://itservices.stanford.edu/service/storage
Box storage: 5G max per file, 35G total available per user, more details: https://itservices.stanford.edu/service/box
Google has announced to offer free storage with unlimited capacity for EDU users
What type of storage services do you need
Video Editing: Athletics (DAPER) is interested
SMG: Stanford Media Group is a community of practice for on campus video editing
Differences between File Storage, Google Drive and Box
Box is 35GB limit; 5GB per file; synchronization
Hospital has BAA with Medical Boxes (D-School, Bruce )
If price is right, we would love to put the data out (Mostly video archives)
ITS crashplan (CRC has signed a deal with code42 which provides much needed services)
Service side still utilizes TSM backup (can do full instance restore; while crashplan emphasizes on files protection)
YFS- Future of YFS. At the final stage of finalizing YFS contract. Timeline unknown. YFS has not yet released the first public release/version.
(Bill) Hope for first deployment near winter break and the sneak review in summer, 2015
Are we going to increase quota? it depends.
What do you like about AFS? integrated solutions for data, security and apps (transparency and integration)
Box
Capacity
Limitation
Good for small crowd sharing
Protocol limitation
Good for document management
Some schools are not aware of it; some uses dropbox
Backup/TSM
Seems cheaper to run software/server itself
We are now offering at $.30 per GB
Google GDC recommends a commercial products that no one buys it.
Next Steps
Contact Storage Group by filing a HelpSU, or contact Research Computing by e-mailing research-computing-support@stanford.edu
