Over 5 TB

SharePoint is a web-based collaborative platform for communication and document storage , and how you use it is completely up to you. Some people use SharePoint only for data storage and management, and some people use SharePoint to communicate information and announcements across large audiences (like an internal website). 

Microsoft Teams allows you to share files created in Office 365 among your fellow collaborators. Everyone can stay up-to-date on the latest project status. Teams allows multiple people to edit documents simultaneously.

The Federated Research Data Repository (FRDR) is a National Data repository. Any researcher affiliated with a Canadian institution can deposit data into FRDR. The platform can efficiently ingest datasets of any size, and preservation processing is done automatically. Data professionals from the Portage Network and institutions across Canada work with researchers to curate and approve deposited items. FRDR also provides powerful functionality to search for Canadian research data. The search tool aggregates metadata from numerous repositories.
 

McMaster staff can work with you to distill your needs and find or build a solution that matches. Does your project have special ethical, legal, or commercial requirements? Are you working with an Indigenous community? Does your data need special security provisions? We can help to ensure your data is securely stored and backed up, and that all special requirements are met.

The Digital Research Alliance of Canada is a national governmental organization supporting advanced research computing (services formerly provided by Compute Canada). The Alliance provides researchers access to high performance computing. They also provide large amounts of storage for researchers. 

SEAL is a secure data lab that provides a safe environment for hosting confidential data. Data is hosted at the SEAL computer laboratory in the Wilson building and available in person or through secure remote access. The Laboratory has several levels of security, allowing for the storage and protection of sensitive data.  The lab provides statistical and data analysis software. 

RHPCS’ mandate is to support advanced and high-performance computing installations as a central part of the university infrastructure. RHPCS can build implement a backup solution for your locally stored data. 

RHPCS’ mandate is to support advanced and high-performance computing installations as a central part of the university infrastructure. RHPCS can build a custom file server for your research group or department. File servers provide reliable, secure access to data.