Here we are talking about long-term storage for large amount of data. Below we list some solutions from private companies. But universities normally provide a more cost effective storage system/plan.

Using Attic on HCC for UNL users

At UNL, we use attic system and pay $60 for 1TB/year. Attic is a reliable near-line data archive storage system. The files in Attic can be accessed and shared from anywhere using Globus Connect, with a fast 10Gb/s link.

CyVerse (or iPlant)

CyVerse is a NSF funded project that provides powerful computational infrastructure to handle large datasets and complex analyses.

use irods for data I/O

Recursively synchronize data from the local directory foo1 to the CyVerse foo2:

### upload a folder
irsync -rKV foo1 i:foo2

Recursively synchronize data from the CyVerse foo1 to the local directory foo2:

### download a folder
irsync -rKV i:foo1 foo2

NCBI SRA

At the end, we have to submit the data to NCBI anyway. It would not hurt to submit as soon as you get your data. And NCBI SRA allows you to publish your data at a later time.

### use ascp to upload and download
ascp -i ~/bin/aspera.openssh -TQ -l100m -k1 -d /my/fastq/files subasp@upload.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:uploads/upfolder/

XSEDE

The Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE) is digital resources and services in the world. It is a single virtual system that scientists can use to interactively share computing resources, data, and expertise.