Explore EPFL’s map of research data storage solutions, designed to support your Research Data Management needs. This visual guide categorizes the most widely used available storage services by typical research use cases.
Note: This page is exclusively for research data storage. For administrative data related to research, please consult the DSI webpage.
The map is also available in a searchable table format, showing the locations of these services and highlighting solution types (e.g., cloud), including those certified by EPFL to meet compliance and security standards.
Select the best storage solution for your project’s requirements, ensuring both accessibility and security.
While not exhaustive, this page provides an overview of key solutions. For questions, additions or updates about the information on this page, contact researchdata@epfl.ch.
Remember: login with your EPFL account to use the features and comply with security requirements.
| NAME / SERVICE ACOUA | TYPE / SCOPE Archiving | EPFL – SUPPORTED * yes, SISB and DSI | DATA LOCATION EPFL | MAX SIZE 10TB/dataset | PRICING 0 CHF |
| NAME / SERVICE ELN EPFL | TYPE / SCOPE Computing | EPFL – SUPPORTED * yes, ISIC | DATA LOCATION EPFL | MAX SIZE None | PRICING [same as EPFL NAS] |
| NAME / SERVICE EPFL NAS | TYPE / SCOPE Server | EPFL – SUPPORTED * yes, DSI | DATA LOCATION EPFL | MAX SIZE None | PRICING 45 CHF/TB/year |
| NAME / SERVICE GitLab | TYPE / SCOPE Code Repository | EPFL – SUPPORTED * yes, DSI | DATA LOCATION EPFL | MAX SIZE None | PRICING 0 CHF |
| NAME / SERVICE High-performance subsystem | TYPE / SCOPE Computing | EPFL – SUPPORTED * yes, RCP | DATA LOCATION EPFL | MAX SIZE [unknown] | PRICING 0 CHF for CaaS users |
| NAME / SERVICE MyNas | TYPE / SCOPE Server | EPFL – SUPPORTED * yes, DSI | DATA LOCATION EPFL | MAX SIZE – Students: 5GBs – Internal collaborators: 25GBs – External collaborators affiliated with EPFL: 5GBs | PRICING 0 CHF |
| NAME / SERVICE Microsoft 365 | TYPE / SCOPE Cloud | EPFL – SUPPORTED * yes, DSI | DATA LOCATION Switzerland | MAX SIZE 250GB/user | PRICING 0 CHF |
| NAME / SERVICE Google Drive | TYPE / SCOPE Cloud | EPFL – SUPPORTED * yes, DSI | DATA LOCATION [unknown] | MAX SIZE 20GB/user | PRICING 0 CHF Note: do not use it for personal/sensitive data! |
| NAME / SERVICE OMERO | TYPE / SCOPE Databank | EPFL – SUPPORTED * yes, BIOP | DATA LOCATION EPFL | MAX SIZE [unknown] | PRICING 50 CHF/TB/year |
| NAME / SERVICE Object Storage S3 | TYPE / SCOPE Object Storage | EPFL – SUPPORTED * yes, DSI | DATA LOCATION EPFL | MAX SIZE None | PRICING 29 CHF/TB/year |
| NAME / SERVICE RCP NAS | TYPE / SCOPE Server | EPFL – SUPPORTED * yes, RCP | DATA LOCATION EPFL | MAX SIZE [unknown] | PRICING 20.75 CHF/TB/year |
| NAME / SERVICE SCITAS/home | TYPE / SCOPE Server | EPFL – SUPPORTED * yes, SCITAS | DATA LOCATION EPFL | MAX SIZE 100GB/user | PRICING Fees included in the compute services |
| NAME / SERVICE SCITAS/work | TYPE / SCOPE Server | EPFL – SUPPORTED * yes, SCITAS | DATA LOCATION EPFL | MAX SIZE Elastic on demand | PRICING – Storage: 1.0942 CHF/month per actual TB used – Backup (optional): 0.7316 CHF/month per actual TB used |
| NAME / SERVICE SCITAS/scratch | TYPE / SCOPE Computing | EPFL – SUPPORTED * yes, SCITAS | DATA LOCATION EPFL | MAX SIZE Elastic on demand | PRICING [same as SCITAS/work] |
| NAME / SERVICE SCITAS S3 | TYPE / SCOPE Object Storage | EPFL – SUPPORTED * yes, SCITAS | DATA LOCATION EPFL | MAX SIZE Elastic on demand | PRICING [same as SCITAS/work] |
| NAME / SERVICE SCITAS/archive | TYPE / SCOPE Archiving | EPFL – SUPPORTED * yes, SCITAS | DATA LOCATION EPFL | MAX SIZE Elastic on demand | PRICING 0.3322 CHF/month per actual TB used |
| NAME / SERVICE SCITAS/export | TYPE / SCOPE Server (NFS/SMB) | EPFL – SUPPORTED * yes, SCITAS | DATA LOCATION EPFL | MAX SIZE Elastic on demand | PRICING [same as SCITAS/work] |
| NAME / SERVICE Slims | TYPE / SCOPE Databank | EPFL – SUPPORTED * yes, SV-IT | DATA LOCATION EPFL | MAX SIZE None | PRICING Data storage: 25CHF/Year – Full professor: 3000 CHF/Year – Associate Professor : 2000 CHF/Year – Tenure track: 1000 CHF/Year |
| NAME / SERVICE Switch Filesender | TYPE / SCOPE Sharing | EPFL – SUPPORTED * yes, DSI | DATA LOCATION EPFL | MAX SIZE 300GB/dataset | PRICING 0 CHF |
| NAME / SERVICE SWITCH Drive | TYPE / SCOPE Cloud | EPFL – SUPPORTED * yes, DSI | DATA LOCATION Switzerland | MAX SIZE 100GB/user | PRICING 0 CHF |
| NAME / SERVICE Materials Cloud Archive | TYPE / SCOPE Data Repository | EPFL – SUPPORTED * yes, THEOS | DATA LOCATION – Switzerland (CSCS) – Italy (CINECA) – Germany (JSC) | MAX SIZE – 5GB/dataset (default; more possible) – 50GB for AiiDA datasets | PRICING 0 CHF |
| NAME / SERVICE Zenodo (EPFL Community) | TYPE / SCOPE Data Repository | EPFL – SUPPORTED * yes, SISB | DATA LOCATION Europe | MAX SIZE – 50GB/dataset – 200GB/dataset on request | PRICING 0 CHF |