Storage
Workspace archival
Introduction At the end of the project lifecycle, users might opt for the archival of their Workspace. Most of the organisations opt for downloading all the data from their Workspace and archiving it in an institutional archiving repository. Some ...
Accessing snapshots of files stored on Z-drive
Introduction Data in your workspace is recommended to be stored on the data/Z-drive. The Z-drive is an Azure Fileshare that can store up to 5 TiB by default. Moreover, every evening at 23:00 (UTC+01:00, Amsterdam Time Zone) a snapshot is created from ...
Downloading and transferring files via data requests
Introduction Downloading or transferring data from the the myDRE workspace always follows an approval flow. This means that a download (to local machine) or transfer request (to another workspace) needs to be requested by the member, which will then ...
Blob storage
Version: 2022-11-14 Updated: 2024-08-12 This service is available to Accountables and Privileged members of a workspace. Blob storage in myDRE is restricted to the context of one workspace What is Azure Blob storage? Azure Blob storage is optimized ...
Storage types in the workspace
Disclaimer: you are yourself responsible for managing your research budget and keeping track of workspace costs! While we try to keep the article update, the listed information is dependent on policies and tariffs that may change over time. No rights ...
Uploading your data
This feature is available to workspace members all except the Data reader A data upload or download does not require a running Virtual Machine! If you're uploading a folder with many subfolders, make a zip file! In your workspace, you can upload a ...
Extra data disk request & initialization - Windows & Linux
Introduction The Z-drive (fileshare) is rather slow compared to a managed disk such as the C-drive. Although expansion of the C-drive is possible, it is good to keep in mind that the Operating System (OS) is also installed on the C-drive. It is not a ...
Expanding the (OS-)disk - Windows & Linux
Why expand the OS-disk? In a Virtual Machine (VM), the OS-disk is where the Operating System (OS; for instance Windows or Linux) is installed but also encompasses your general desktop and other folders (basically anything on the C:-drive). It is ...
Shared storage
This feature is available for Accountable, Privileged members, Advanced member, Standard member This feature is not standard, which means we operate on best effort basis. Each workspace has their own storage. What if there are multiple workspaces ...
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Before you can access your DRE workspace(s) at mydre.org, you need to activate your @mydre.org account. Below, we explain the steps in this activation process, along with screenshots for illustration. Prerequisite: your new @mydre.org username, along ...
Workspace costs
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Proxy configurations Anaconda
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