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A (sub-)project in Coscine has a certain storage contingent (quota). If you are the owner of a (sub)project, you can manage quotas yourself in the resource types used. You can assign quotas initially, extend them, or reduce them.
However, there are requirements for using storage space: You must be a member of a participating organization or an NFDI project. For certain storage volumes and resource types, storage space requests via the JARDS platform are also necessary.
Organizations entitled to get storage space
Since mid-2025, the storage space resource DataStorage.nrw has been available to all DH.NRW universities and NFDI-Consortia. To use the standard quota (100 GB web storage) and to apply for additional storage space, a contract signed by the respective university or training by a designated representative of the NFDI consortium is required. You can find the associated process and the organizations already participating [here].(https://about.coscine.de/about/participating-universities/).
Get storage space
| Resource type | Participating organizations | External users | Storage space application |
|---|---|---|---|
| Web | 100 GB standard quota (25 GB are automatically allocated to the resource and can be increased to 100 GB through self-allocation) * | No storage space | Web resources |
| S3 | No standard quota; up to 125 TB with application | No storage space | S3 resources |
| WORM | No default; up to 125 TB with application | No storage space | WORM resources |
| Linked Data | No limit/No storage space required in Coscine | No limit/No storage space required in Coscine | No application required |
| GitLab | No limit/No storage space required in Coscine | No limit/No storage space required in Coscine | No application required |
* Projects with NFDI participation do not receive automatically standard quota (100 GB web storage), as the information required for this is not passed on during login. For this reason, a storage space application must be submitted, which indicates what the NFDI participation within the project looks like, for example, by an active NFDI data steward.
Note
Applications for storage space up to 125 TB per project are subject to a technical review process. This is done by two persons trained for 1st-level support. For storage space applications over 125 TB an additional scientific review is carried out, which means that the processing time may take longer. Further information can be found here.