Integrated Rule-Oriented Data System (iRODS)
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CyVerse Data Store is a secure, flexible platform for storing and managing all types of research data.
Powered by iRODS, it supports collaboration and sharing while ensuring privacy, security, and control. Access your data through web tools, file systems, or high-speed command-line interfaces—all seamlessly connected to CyVerse’s cloud-based analysis tools.
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Data Store
The CyVerse Data Store is a secure, scalable platform for managing and sharing research data of any complexity. Integrated into the CyVerse ecosystem, it directly streamlines and connects tools like Jupyter, RStudio, and CACAO workflows.
It enhances collaboration with fine-grained sharing controls, metadata tagging, and DOI assignment to make datasets citable and discoverable. Built on iRODS, it enables automated data management policies and ensures data integrity, replication, and compliance with FAIR principles.
Key Features
- 5 GB of storage with free Basic account (increase your storage with a subscription)
- Syncing and checksum handling for partial and interrupted transfers
- Set and control permissions to access data, workflows, analysis results, and data visualizations
- Safe, secure storage accessible with a single authenticated login
- Browse, access, and download public data without an account for free (no egress fees)
- Make your data/analysis public and more FAIR for research agreements around open data
Parallel data transfers for fast uploads and downloads (see Table below)
Performance Metrics
Table: Transfer speeds for uploads and downloads to and from the CyVerse Data Store (University of Arizona) to partners at Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) UT Austin, and the University of Indiana Jetstream2 (JS2) Cloud (Bloomington, Indiana), and commercial cloud service providers Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud Platform.
| Transfer Direction | File Size | CyVerse Transfer Duration* (sec) | ||||
| CyVerse | TACC | JS2 | AWS | GCP | ||
| FROM Data Store (download) | 10.24 kB | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 10.49 MB | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | |
| 10.74 GB | 26 | 50 | 19 | 31 | 28 | |
| TO Data Store (Upload) | 10.24 kB | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 10.49 MB | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| 10.74 GB | 40 | 76 | 49 | 61 | 55 | |
* Duration represents rounded, geometric mean, n=30 runs; Source: T. Edgin, CyVerse Core Software Engineer, April 2020.