This site contains practical and Stanford-specific information on how to efficiently work with data.

All resources here are free to students, staff, and faculty (i.e., anyone with a full SUNet ID).

More details (Stanford users only, sign in with <SUNetID>@stanford.edu)

Data Best Practices Workshops 

Information on current Data Best Practices workshops 

Data Storage Solutions

Google Workspace Enterprise (GWE)

Information on GWE as a data storage solution for research groups at Stanford

Fill out an interest form for GWE  

Stanford Elm

See rates for Elm tape storage

Key Resources

Stanford Managed Resources

• Stanford UIT Storage Recommendation Tool

• Stanford Google Drive: http://webdocs.stanford.edu

  • data storage, Google Docs, Google Colab, Google Apps Script

  • Warning: as of Feb 2021, Google announced a change to its G-Suite for Education storage policies. Stanford Google Drive is no longer unlimited storage and is not advised for storing significant volumes of research data.

• Stanford GitLab: http://code.stanford.edu

  • Code repository

• Stanford Sherlock: http://www.sherlock.stanford.edu

  • Computational cluster (for sponsored research)

• Stanford FarmShare: http://farmshare.stanford.edu

  • Computational cluster (for classes & non-sponsored research)

• Stanford Libraries

  • Stanford Digital Repository: https://library.stanford.edu/research/stanford-digital-repository

    • Permanent archive of data assets

  • Data Resources

  • Data Management Services

    • Data Management Plans

• Stanford Box: http://box.stanford.edu

  • Discontinued, only Medicine Box remains

  • Warning: as of 2020, The Net+Box agreement between Box and Internet2 has been dissolved. Stanford will be slowly (over three years) discontinuing the use of Stanford Box due to price increases. Stanford Box is not advised for file storage any further. This does not currently apply to Medicine Box.

Community Resources

• Datausers mailing list: http://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/datausers 

  • announcements relevant to data users/researchers community

  • moderated, low traffic list (<1 email per month)

  • open registration to anyone with a stanford.edu email address

• Datausers Slack Workspace: http://datausers.slack.com

  • community space to discuss data-related topics and questions

  • open to all Stanford affiliates

  • primary discussion channel is #datausers, a multi-workspace organization channel