Storage with snapshots is the default type of storage we provide. The snapshots will provide self-service protection against unintentional deletion/modification of the files. Snapshots are available immediately to the user for the following durations:
Daily for a week
Weekly for a month
Monthly for 3 months
Storage without snapshots is available at a lower cost. It is appropriate for data that can easily be reproduced.
Off-site backup is a paid service that provides copies of data in the cloud or on removable media.
DartFS Pricing
All researchers of the Dartmouth community are entitled to a Computing Bill-of-Rights level of service at no cost.
For all users: 50GB of personal research data space snapshotted (HOME) is FREE
For faculty and PIs: 1TB of shared lab space snapshotted (LAB) is FREE
The cost of additional snapshotted storage is $95 per TB per year.
The cost storage without snapshots is $75 per TB per year.
Research ITC provides access to one research database (one per PI) with limited storage, performance, and availability. Databases can be of the following type: PostgreSQL, MariaDB, MySQL, SQL Server 2019. Self-provisioning of the database is available on the
Research Computing Dashboard.
Containerized Databases are also available at a cost.
Contact us for details
Pricing is the same as DartFS with snapshot: starting at $95/TB/year
Virtual Servers
Each VM can be configured with either Linux OS or Microsoft Windows.
Virtual Server
vCPU(s)
RAM (GB)
Storage (GB)
OS Support Only* (/year)
OS and Applications Support*** (/year)
Tier 1
4
16
120
$1,260
$1,510
Tier 2
2
8
80
$680
$930
Tier 3
2
4
60
$470
$720
Tier 4
1
2
40
$260
$510
* Operating Systems support includes critical updates and security patches
** OS and basic software applications (web server, database, etc.) maintenance, critical updates, and security patches.