Research File Service (RFS)
The Research File Service (RFS) is a University-approved central storage facility for active research data, available to internal research staff across all divisions and external guests. RFS is designed for live data storage and provides a reliable, resilient, secure, and scalable service, with the assurance that your research data is safely protected and accessible. University of Oxford research staff can request between 100GB and 20TB of data for their project free of charge.
RFS can be accessed via SMB (as a mapped drive) across the University network, or through VPN outside of the university. Currently RFS is suitable for the storage of public and internal data only.
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The stage in the service lifecycle at which the service currently resides. Lifecycle = planned, new, live, notice, closed
Lifecycle status
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Live |
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The level of user activity at this point in the academic year.
Business activity level
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Medium |
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The regular period during which routine maintenance could take place.
Maintenance window
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Would making a change to the service today present too high a risk to the University?
Restricted change period
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No |
Getting help
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Research Technology Support Service (RFS)
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| Support hours | 08:30 - 17:00, Mon - Fri* |
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| Portfolio Committee | Research Portfolio |
| Service Sponsor | Fraser, Michael |
| Service owner |
Wilson, Rowan
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| Service manager |
Brown, Laurence
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* except bank holidays and University closure days
How do I...?
Raise a support call
Request Access
Make a service request
More information
Charges
Free to Oxford users
Note: RFS is free at the point of service for researchers wanting to store up to 20 TB of live research data. For research projects requiring greater than 20 TB data storage a yearly cost will be incurred. Refer to https://help.it.ox.ac.uk/rfs
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