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Quota Test Projects

In the following guide, you will learn about the process of creating test projects and inviting test users in Coscine. This tutorial is intended for quota admins of Coscine.

General handling of requests for test storage space

No RDS test space is allocated for Coscine users in individual projects. If requested, users will be invited for 2 months to test a project with 100 GB RDS-S3 storage space.

Communication with inquirers

Requests will be made via the university's respective support email address.

The following text block must be communicated by the quota admin to the requesting person:

Thank you for your request. To test Coscine and the DataStorage.nrw resources, we would like to invite you to a test project in the role of “Member”. The test project has been allocated 100GB of storage space each for web and S3. You can test the upload and download of files. The duration of testing is 2 months from invitation to the project. You can see the deletion date from the project title. At the end of the 2 months, you will be removed from the project and any remaining files and associated resources will be deleted. If you require more storage space or a longer period of time for your test project, please let us know by email, stating the reasons. We need the following information from you to invite you to the test project:

  • Names and e-mail addresses of all persons relevant to the testing.

  • How many resources are needed? Which resource types are required?

  • Which metadata profile should be selected for which resource?

  • How much quota should be allocated to the individual resources (max. 100 GB Web and S3 for all resources together)?

Using of test projects

  • RDM-staff of an organization have one parent project (e.g. RWTH Aachen).
  • Five test projects, each with 100 GB of web and S3 storage space, are available within this project.
  • The names of the test projects are adapted independently by FDM staff according to the test phase (e.g. date of deletion).
  • Requestors are added as "members".

Note

A higher need for storage space for testing and/or a longer test phase must be discussed with the quota admin and explained in the project description.

Deletion of members, files & resources from test projects

After 2 months (according to the date in the subproject title), in the following order:

  • all members are removed from the test project,
  • all files in resources deleted,
  • all resources deleted,
  • Subproject title is changed to "empty" (thus marked for reuse)

Note

Please do NOT delete the test projects or the superordinate project. Only carry out the steps mentioned above.