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Austin Disk Support: https://www.utexas.edu/its/help/storage

UT Enterprise Bulk Storage (UTEBS)

Service description

UT Enterprise Bulk Storage is a cost-effective, reliable, self-managed, iSCSI-based, storage solution. The UT Enterprise Bulk Storage arrays are housed in the University Data Centers (UDC) and are accessible via 10Gb network interfaces within the University Data Centers. UT Enterprise Bulk Storage is provisioned in 512GB units, with a starting minimum of 1024GB (1TB).

Customers must manage access client protocols, such as CIFS, NFS, and AFP via a server front-end.  It is required that customer servers are located within UDC-C to connect to UT Enterprise Bulk Storage. 

Features:

• High bandwidth connectivity within the University Data Centers
• Compatible with other ITS services: UT Virtual (UT-V), CrashPlan server backup
• Highly reliable due to a fault-tolerant hardware architecture
• Scalable storage framework to meet storage growth on campus

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Each 1 GB costs $0.40 per year. Storage is available for purchase in 512 GB increments, with a starting minimum of 1024GB (1TB).

Bulk Storage SLA:  https://www.utexas.edu/its/sla/sla.php?id=1609

Exception Process

You should consider structuring your exceptions around the following:

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