Concepts
Oak, archival storage for research data#
Oak is a shared storage platform available for use by all Stanford faculty members and their research teams to support departmental or sponsored research.
Oak is intended for low or moderate-risk data only!
Oak is not suitable for data classified as High Risk based on the Stanford Data Risk Classifications.
Therefore it is NOT a storage option for any data that include PHI or PII, or any data that the faculty member sponsoring this Oak account for his/her research group identifies as high risk.
Please also note that your use of this system falls under the "6.2.1 Computer and Network Usage Policy." In particular, sharing authentication credentials is strictly prohibited. See Stanford Administrative Guide for details. Violation of this policy will result in termination of access to Oak.
Directory Quotas#
Directory quotas are how we measure the amount of data an Oak space is billed for at the end of each billing cycle. As such, quotas are based on the location of files, rather than the file's user or group owner.
As an example, if you copied a 10TB file from /oak/stanford/groups/janestan to /oak/stanford/groups/leland, you could end up in a situation where the janestan group pays for 10TB that actually resides in the leland directory!
With Directory Quotas, janestan would not be obligated to pay for files that exist outside of their Oak group, and their quota would only include files that reside in their Oak group directory. Conversely, the leland group quota would now account for the extra 10TB in their Oak group directory, even though the group owner of those files might still be set as oak_janestan.