Zentraler Informatikdienst

Store and share data

Comparison

Store and share any data

Access for/storage space: S = students, E = employees

ServiceAccess forSuitable forAccess viaAuthorisation for external personsStorage spaceCostsRestore data yourself
Personal storage spaceS, Epersonal, only self-used datanetwork drive

special features:
automatically connected to centrally managed PCs,
VPN required outside the university data network		noS: 2 GB*,
E: 10 GB*		free of chargeno
Share

S**, E

 

data shared in projects, working groups or teamsnounlimitedEUR 0.03 per GB/yearyes
u:cloudS, Edata stored for a short time or shared with others***locally installed software, mobile app, browseryes (via public link)50 GBfree of chargeyes
u:cloud proS (via sharing function), Edata shared in projects, working groups or teams***yes (via public link)250 GB*EUR 0.03 per GB/yearyes
OneDrive****Epersonal, self-used data that can also be sharedOneDrive appyes50 GBfree of charge within Microsoft 365yes; no backup via the ZID
Adobe Creative Cloud*****S, Epersonal, self-used data that can also be sharedCreative Cloud appyesM: 100 GBfree of charge within Adobe Creative Cloudyes; 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

ServiceSuitable forAccess viaAuthorisation for external persons
PHAIDRAlong-term archiving of text, image, audio and video filesbrowseryes
PHAIDRA Locallong-term archiving of sensitive text, image, audio and video files or those with legal restrictionsbrowser (only in the University of Vienna’s data network)yes (via u:account for guests)
PHAIDRA Webarchivelong-term archiving of static web pagesbrowseryes
YARM for PHAIDRAmetadata for bibliographies or literature lists for individual PHAIDRA objects
PHAIDRA Vocabulary Servermultilingual SKOS ontologies with controlled vocabulary
UNIDAMimages for research and teaching with legal restrictionsin exceptional cases
AUSSDAresearch data in the area of social sciencesyes
GitLablong-term archiving of source code of softwarebrowser, 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

ServiceAccess forSuitable forAccess viaAuthorisation for external personsStorage spaceCostsRestore data yourself
FileSenderS, Edata shared with other personsbrowseryesup to 250 GBfree of charge–
u:wikiS, Ejoint project workbrowseryesunlimitedyes
WebspaceEpersonal websites, websites for business purposesnetwork drive, browseryes50 GByes
Central backupEbackup of datalocally installed softwarenounlimitedyes

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