Turbo is a high-capacity, reliable, secure, and fast storage solution. It is tuned for large files (which corresponds roughly to be files in 1 megabyte in size or larger), but it is still capable of efficiently storing small files, such as: word documents, spreadsheets, image files, etc.
Turbo enables investigators across the University of Michigan to store and access data needed for their research via a local computer in a lab, office or our High Performance Computing Clusters, such as: Great Lakes, Lighthouse, and Armis2. Additionally, it supports the storing of sensitive data on HIPAA compliant systems, such as the Armis2 cluster managed by ARC.
Turbo Rates
- 10TB Turbo storage is available as part of the no-cost U-M Research Computing Package (UMRCP). Additional allocation is available for a fee as noted below (shortcode required).
- Unreplicated: $6.49 per terabyte per month ($77.88 per year)
- Replicated: $13.02 per terabyte per month ($156.22 per year)
- Not sure if this is the right storage service for you? Try the ITS Data Storage Finder to find storage solutions to meet your needs.
Get started
Visit our Ordering Storage page to see an overview of what is needed to set up a new Turbo volume. Use your UMICH (Level-1) credentials and Duo two-factor authentication to login via the ITS Service Request (SRS) Portal or the ITS General Computing provision page.
SRS support
Information about the SRS and how to use it can be found throughout the SRS system.
Here are some additional resources:
- Using the Service Request System
- Access and Permissions
- Chartfield Change Request
- Format the Inventory and Location Report
If you have any questions, please contact us at arc-support@umich.edu.
Be aware that if you have a multi-protocol or NFS Turbo volume that is mounted on the Great Lakes HPC Cluster, there is no need to set up a separate Globus endpoint.