Store VS Back up VS Archive Research Data

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CC BY-NC-SA EPFL Library

As an EPFL researcher, you store, back up and archive your research data. Storing, backing up and archiving the data produced or collected during your research activities is part of research data management. But when exactly should you back up, store or archive your research data?



This short video gives you a non-exhaustive overview of when you should store, backup, or archive your research data, and of the tools that are made available to EPFL researchers.

To get more information about Research Data Management at EPFL, contact [email protected] or visit go.epfl.ch/rdm.

To get more information about ACOUA, the EPFL archive for the secure and long-term preservation of research data and code, contact [email protected] or visit go.epfl.ch/acoua.