Store and share data
Store and share any data
Access for/storage space: S = students, E = employees
| Service | Access for | Suitable for | Access via | Authorisation for external persons | Storage space | Costs | Restore data yourself |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personal storage space | S, E | personal, only self-used data | network drive special features: automatically connected to centrally managed PCs, VPN required outside the university data network | no | S: 2 GB*, E: 10 GB* | free of charge | no |
| Share | S**, E
| data shared in projects, working groups or teams | no | unlimited | EUR 0.03 per GB/year | yes | |
| u:cloud | S, E | data stored for a short time or shared with others*** | locally installed software, mobile app, browser | yes (via public link) | 50 GB | free of charge | yes |
| u:cloud pro | S (via sharing function), E | data shared in projects, working groups or teams*** | yes (via public link) | 250 GB* | EUR 0.03 per GB/year | yes | |
| OneDrive**** | E | personal, self-used data that can also be shared | OneDrive app | yes | 50 GB | free of charge within Microsoft 365 | yes; no backup via the ZID |
| Adobe Creative Cloud***** | S, E | personal, self-used data that can also be shared | Creative Cloud app | yes | M: 100 GB | free of charge within Adobe Creative Cloud | yes; no backup via the ZID |
* Can be enlarged in justified cases
** Students can be authorised by share administrators
*** Not suitable for a large number of rapidly changing, especially machine-generated files
**** Available only within Microsoft 365
***** Available only within Adobe Creative Cloud
A detailed overview of the possibilities to store, share and secure data at the University of Vienna can also be found in the news article Where to put my data? (in German).
Store and share research data
The following applies to all services in the table:
- Available to students and employees
- Unlimited storage space
- Free to use
- No data recovery possible by users
| Service | Suitable for | Access via | Authorisation for external persons |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHAIDRA | long-term archiving of text, image, audio and video files | browser | yes |
| PHAIDRA Local | long-term archiving of sensitive text, image, audio and video files or those with legal restrictions | browser (only in the University of Vienna’s data network) | yes (via u:account for guests) |
| PHAIDRA Webarchive | long-term archiving of static web pages | browser | yes |
| YARM for PHAIDRA | metadata for bibliographies or literature lists for individual PHAIDRA objects | ||
| PHAIDRA Vocabulary Server | multilingual SKOS ontologies with controlled vocabulary | ||
| UNIDAM | images for research and teaching with legal restrictions | in exceptional cases | |
| AUSSDA | research data in the area of social sciences | yes | |
| GitLab | long-term archiving of source code of software | browser, Git |
You can also find an overview of the options for storing research data at information for researchers – storing data.
Related services
Access for: S = students, E = employees
| Service | Access for | Suitable for | Access via | Authorisation for external persons | Storage space | Costs | Restore data yourself |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FileSender | S, E | data shared with other persons | browser | yes | up to 250 GB | free of charge | – |
| u:wiki | S, E | joint project work | browser | yes | unlimited | yes | |
| Webspace | E | personal websites, websites for business purposes | network drive, browser | yes | 50 GB | yes | |
| Central backup | E | backup of data | locally installed software | no | unlimited | yes |