What does storage cost?

Created by Pascal Suppers
Last updated: Sep 15, 2022 by Mirjam Kamps

It's free! (up to a 100GB of data)

If you have less than a 100GB of data, we can offer storage for free to you. Your data will be on our highest performance, safest storage facilities. You will get access to our High Performance Spinning Disk Storage (NAS) with geo-replication, hosted by the ICTS department of Maastricht University.

For larger data sets, we have several storage solutions available. Which one you need depends on your situation.

Available storage options

High Performance Spinning Disk Storage (UM-NAS)

High Performance Spinning Disk Storage (MUMC-NAS)

Medium Performance Spinning Disk Storage (Ceph)

Tape Archive

  • Data storage location:
    Maastricht University (ICTS).
  • For researchers who need daily or constant access to their data.
  • Can be configured with or without replication.
  • Data storage location:
    Maastricht University Medical Center (MIT).
  • For researchers who need daily or constant access to their data.
  • Can be configured with or without replication.
  • Especially suited for data that is legally bound to be stored inside the hospital.
  • Data storage location:
    Maastricht University (ICTS).
  • For researchers who don't need constant but regular access to their data.
  • Can be configured with or without replication.
  • Data storage location:
    Amsterdam, SURFsara.
  • For researchers who just need an archive for data they don't need to access regularly.
  • Not suited for sensitive or personal data due to privacy issues.

€130 / TB / Year
price upon request
€62 / TB / Year


€15 / TB / Year
How to determine what option is best?

To exactly determine what option suits your needs best, we need to plan a personal meeting. In that personal meeting we can compose a mix of storage platforms that best suits your situation. When determining the best storage solution for you, we need to answer these questions:

  • How much risk of losing data are you willing to take?
  • Do you need to work with the data on a daily basis?
  • How many years does the data needs to be available?

Send email to datahub@maastrichtuniversity.nl

More information

 How to store, archive, retrieve and share data without worries

 How to use the storage facilities