IS Foundation Services provides an enterprise-class site and hardware redundant storage area network, designed to meet the growing information technology (IT) needs of UMKC. The following storage options are offered:

Personal Storage: 500 MB of personal storage space is provided for all students, staff, and faculty (accessible via the Q: drive).

Group Storage: 200 GB per department OR 1000 GB per school is provided (accessible via the N: drive). Schools can elect to use either structure, but not both.

Additional Storage

Additional storage space is offered for purchase in two types:

• Light Storage offers near-instant recovery time, 30+ day backup retention, and is hosted in multiple data centers.
• Dim Storage offers 24 - 48 hour recovery time and is hosted in multiple data centers.

Monthly fees for additional storage by university affiliation:

Research Managed Backup Service (RMBS)

Partnering with UM System, we are offering 300TB of long term backup storage called Research Managed Backup Service (RMBS). This system costs $120/TB for 5 years and is available to anyone in the UM System. This system is meant for backup, not primary storage. A researcher or faculty member could attach a large external hard drive to their local computer and use this service as a backup.

Support

If you require support with an existing service, would like to request a new service, or wish to report an outage, please contact the IS Technology Support Center by email at techsupportcenter@umkc.edu.