The University offers storage facilities, data processing environments, high-performance computing services and solution consultation for the special needs of research and cooperation. You will find links to detailed instructions and presentations on this page. You can find more help from this instructions site by using, for example, the search. If you cannot solve the problem with the instructions, don’t hesitate to contact the IT Helpdesk.
- Read more about the University’s data support on the University’s public website
- Think Open Blog (Blog text partly in Finnish and partly in English)
Storage and file sharing
Home directory
- Personal storage space associated with the UH user account.
- How to use the home directory (Windows)
- How to use the home directory (Mac)
- How to use the home directory (Cubbli, Cubbli User Documentation -wiki, available in English)
Group directory
- A network storage location belonging to the University’s own server environment, which is available to a specified user group within the University.
- How to use a group directory
OneDrive
- Personal storage space in the Microsoft Office 365 cloud service environment, from which files can also be shared
- How to use OneDrive
Teams
- A collaborative platform in the Microsoft Office 365 cloud environment, where you can set up workgroups and also share files with partners outside the University of Helsinki
- Instructions for Teams and Planner
- Best practices for Teams
Servers
- The IT Center offers customised Linux and Windows servers for internal use at the University of Helsinki
- https://helpdesk.it.helsinki.fi/en/services/server-administration
Dept directory
- A space equivalent to a group directory, acquired for the unit for large storage needs. Further information about gaining access to a Dept directory is available from Helpdesk or your unit’s administrative staff.
Datacloud
- Object storage that uses the S3 interface and belongs to University’s own server environment.
- Suitable for non-sensitive research data, with functionality similar to those of cloud services.
- Files are not edited directly in Datacloud, so it is not suitable as a scratch disk.
- Contact: datacloud@helsinki.fi
Virtual desktops and computing environments
VDI
- Virtual desktops with both Linux and Windows operating systems
- Instructions for Virtual Desktops
WVD
- Windows Virtual Desktop
- Instructions for Windows Virtual Desktops
Computation clusters
- The IT Center’s IT for Science team provides free computing capacity and other advanced services for research needs
- Learn more about computing clusters in the IT for Science wiki
Survey applications
E-form
- An easy-to-use application for surveys that do not contain sensitive material
- Instructions for basic use of e-forms
RedCAP
- A more advanced application for surveys and data collection that is also suitable for sensitive data.
- Instructions: https://projectredcap.org/about/consortium/
- Support: redcap-support@helsinki.fi
For the processing of confidential and sensitive information
- Instructions for encrypting email
- Instructions for encrypting files
- Instructions for deleting files safely
- Umpio storage space – An environment for processing and storing sensitive data in the University of Helsinki’s server environment
Version control
The University of Helsinki offers a Gitlab version management environment (e.g. for software development needs) at version.helsinki.fi
Visiting researchers and access rights
Instructions for visitors’ access rights
Solution consultation
The IT Center offers solution consultation for the special needs of units and research groups. Solution consultation typically comprises minor assignments lasting approximately 1–5 workdays with the goal of producing a proposed solution for the client which can be used as the basis for fulfilling a need related to information technology. Typical subjects of solution consultation include market surveys and needs assessments, research data storage needs, minor IT systems and other large-scale purchases.
Contact via IT Helpdesk: helpdesk@helsinki.fi
CSC services
CSC – IT Centre for Science Ltd offers a wide range of computation and storage solutions to higher education institutions. The services are free of charge for research projects, but the researcher in charge must be a member of a higher education institution that has the right to use the services.
IDA
- Storage space suitable for rarely changing research data that is not sensitive: https://www.fairdata.fi/en/ida/
Allas
- Object storage that uses the S3 interface and belongs to the CSC’s server environment https://research.csc.fi/-/allas
SD Connect & SD Desktop
- An environment for processing and storing sensitive data in the CSC’s server environment
- https://research.csc.fi/en/sensitive-data
CSC cloud computing environment
CSC high-performance computing environment
eDuuni
- Wiki and collaboration platform available also for cross-organisational projects
- https://info.eduuni.fi/en/home/
Self-study online Research Data Management course
- You can find the self-study Research Data Management course at this link.
- Log in to the course platform (e-learning.csc.fi) with HAKA IDs (select from the list University of Helsinki).
- The course is divided into six sections that go through the life cycle of data management:
- 1) Introduction
- 2) Data management planning
- 3) Data collection, documentation and organisation
- 4) Data analysis and storage during the project
- 5) Publication of data
- 6) Discoverability and reuse
- The sections include text, videos and slides. At the end of each section, there is a quiz where you can test your skills and at the end of the course you will receive a course certificate.
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