Data Storage Finder

Finder NU

To determine the security level of your data, please refer to the data classification guidelines.

Filter by:

Is your data associated with one of the following risk levels?

See Northeastern's data classification guides at the top of the page.

Are you on a United States or international campus?

Are you looking for a free service?

Do collaborators outside Northeastern need access?

Approximately how much total storage is necessary?

How large do you expect individual files to be?

Do you need any of the following features?

Will you require technical support from Northeastern University?

Available Services

6 services

Digital Repository Service

A secure repository system, designed to store and share scholarly, administrative, and archival materials on behalf of the Northeastern University community.

GitHub

A web-based platform primarily used for version control and collaborative software development using Git.

OneDrive

File storage for individual users. Native storage for Microsoft 365 products. Can also be used for Desktop back-up + sync and file sharing (depending on data security level).

Open Science Framework

Free platform designed to help researchers organize, collaborate on, and publicly share the entire lifecycle of a research project.

Research Computing Storage @ MGHPCC

Northeastern's high-performance computing cluster. Can be used for compute intensive tasks or long-term data storage of files too large for the DRS or other storage services.

SharePoint

File storage for departments/teams/groups. Also native storage for Microsoft 365 products. Can also be used for file sharing (depending on data security level).

For more information on the Finder, contact us at library-rds@northeastern.edu