Data in the UNSW Data Archive is stored on Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3 storage using the Glacier Deep Archive storage class, in the AWS Sydney/ap-southeast-2 region. This storage provides 99.999999999% ('eleven nines') durability, with copies of data redundantly distributed among at least three geographically distinct availability zones/locations.

See also Where can I say my data is stored on a grant or ethics application? and When should I delete / remove the local copy of my data?.

 

Help and further information:

  • To learn more about the Data Archive:
  • To access the Data Archive Web application, use this link, or, go to the Home page for other access options
  • To create, or update, a Research Data Management Plan go to the ResToolkit service
  • Note: the Data Archive service is also available over SFTP, see the SFTP client guide for more information