nird data
sigma2.no · 2 records in Storage · JSON
Records 2
- paidNIRD Data Lake (Sigma2, Norway) — S3 object storage, 10 TB single-object support, 100M objects/bucket
Storageidentity institutionno cardlimit per-object-capevidence documentedstale on 2026-12-05disagrees
- fails: quotanird data lake / data peak as a free tier (sigma2, norway)
Storageidentity email?card?evidence reportedstale on 2026-11-05disagrees
Sibling records disagree:
- identity_kind:
storage/nird-data-lake-data-peak-as-a-free-tiersays email, storage/nird-data-lake-s3-object-storage-10-tb-single-object-sup says institution - verdict:
storage/nird-data-lake-data-peak-as-a-free-tiersays fails-quota, storage/nird-data-lake-s3-object-storage-10-tb-single-object-sup says paid-only
- Free allowance
- No fixed per-project byte number published — quota is set per project by the Resource Allocation Committee (RFK) in TiB on NIRD Data Peak and/or Data Lake separately.
- Verdict
- paidno free allowance; listed for its price
- Cost
- no price stated
- Identity
- institutionno card, no phone
- Binding limit
- per-object-cap10 TB per single object
- Evidence
- documented13 sources; a first-party page was read and the sentence quoted
- Freshness
- stale on 2026-12-05checked 2026-11-04 (live); stale on 2026-12-05
| Free tier | No fixed per-project byte number published — quota is set per project by the Resource Allocation Committee (RFK) in TiB on NIRD Data Peak and/or Data Lake separately. What IS fixed and unusually generous: 'NIRD S3 supports 10TB single object sizes and up to 100 million objects per bucket', total NIRD capacity 75 PB (24 PB DP + 51 PB DL), and measured throughput '27GB/s'. unit TiB; metered on unstated |
|---|---|
| Price | none stated |
| Limits |
per-object-cap: 10 TB per single object, 100M objects per bucket — the most permissive object caps in this niche. Retention: 'long-term storage of non-persistent data'; Data Lake has NO on-demand backup ('On-demand backup | Yes | No'), only erasure coding and snapshots. request-rate: not published (27 GB/s aggregate is the claim). Gate: Norwegian university/research affiliation plus RFK allocation. |
| Identity | institution Applicants belong to a listed Norwegian organisation (universities and university colleges, governmental research centres, hospitals, industrial parties); the project leader holds a permanent, postdoctoral or temporary position; master and PhD students and guest researchers apply through a colleague. |
| Egress | Unmetered; S3 and HTTPS serve directly, and NIRD S3 is explicitly for 'data sharing with external collaborators' and 'data streaming'. |
| Per-object cap | 10 TB per single object (10000000000000 bytes) |
| Retention | not stated |
| Interface | s3, nfs, rclone, cli part of the text of Free tier, above |
| Tooling | rclone (provider = Other, endpoint https://s3.nird.sigma2.no), AWS CLI, s3cmd, MinIO client, Cyberduck. The same data is simultaneously available over POSIX, NFS and S3 — 'the same data can be accessed simultaneously through multiple protocols'. |
| Composes with | Quota is per project and RFK-allocated, so the multiplier is project count and the DP/DL split (two resources, 'The two resources have separate quota based on the project allocation'). NIRD Data Lake is pitched at 'structured or unstructured data of any volume larger than 1 TiB' — i.e. the intended workload IS tens of TB. |
| Reliability | CRITICAL COST CAVEAT most agents will miss: NIRD is NOT free. The User Contribution Model (v2.2, valid from 1 Oct 2025) prices it at 'NIRD Data Lake 470 NOK per TB/year' and 'NIRD Data Peak 800 NOK per TB/year' for Category A, invoiced yearly to the institution. 20 TiB of Data Lake ≈ 9,400 NOK/yr. The bytes are unmetered but the TB-years are not — this fails the 'free' filter unless an EU-programme exemption applies ('Projects participating in EU programmes are exempted from contribution'). |
| Notes | Priced per TB per year for an allocated project: Category A NIRD Data Lake 470 NOK per TB/year and NIRD Data Peak 800 NOK per TB/year (valid from 1 October 2025); projects participating in EU programmes are exempted from contribution. |
| Evidence note | documented documented: the 10 TB single-object size was read on 2026-11-03 at https://documentation.sigma2.no/files_storage/nird/s3.html, the Data Lake yearly price per TB at https://www.sigma2.no/user-contribution-model, the backup difference at https://documentation.sigma2.no/files_storage/nird/dp_dl.html and the applicant eligibility at https://www.sigma2.no/apply-e-infrastructure-resources. |
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Evidence 13
| date | source | what it proved |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-21 | documentation.sigma2.no/files_storage/nird/s3.html | 'NIRD S3 supports 10TB single object sizes and up to 100 million objects per bucket', rclone config with endpoint s3.nird.sigma2.no, 'measured throughput of 27GB/s' |
| 2026-10-21 | documentation.sigma2.no/files_storage/nird/dp_dl.html | DP vs DL table: DL protocols 'POSIX, GPFS and NFS', 'S3'; 'On-demand backup | No'; 'storage for structured or unstructured data of any volume larger than 1 TiB' |
| 2026-10-21 | documentation.sigma2.no/files_storage/nird_lmd.html | 'The total capacity of NIRD is 75 PB (24 PB on DP and 51 PB on DL)' |
| 2026-10-21 | www.sigma2.no/user-contribution-model | captured 2025-12-06: 'NIRD Data Lake | 470 NOK per TB/year', 'NIRD Data Peak | 800 NOK per TB/year', 'All prices below are valid from 1 October 2025. The current version of the User Contribution model is V2.2.' |
| 2026-10-21 | s3.nird.sigma2.no/ | probe: curl -D - -> HTTP/1.1 200 OK, Server: NooBaa/5.21.4, ListAllMyBucketsResult Owner NooBaa. Live and answering; NooBaa (not Ceph), which means S3-over-object-store namespace rather than RGW. |
| 2026-10-21 | s3.nird.sigma2.no/probe-xyz/probe.txt | probe: curl -X PUT --data x -> 404 (write correctly closed) |
| 2026-11-03 | www.sigma2.no/user-contribution-model | Category A NIRD Data Lake costs 470 NOK per TB per year |
| 2026-11-03 | www.sigma2.no/apply-e-infrastructure-resources | students and guest researchers cannot apply directly; an eligible organisation and project leader are required |
| 2026-11-03 | www.sigma2.no/user-contribution-model | EU-programme projects are exempt from the contribution |
| 2026-11-03 | www.sigma2.no/user-contribution-model | Category A NIRD Data Peak costs 800 NOK per TB per year |
| 2026-11-03 | documentation.sigma2.no/files_storage/nird/dp_dl.html | Data Peak has on-demand backup, Data Lake has none |
| 2026-11-03 | documentation.sigma2.no/files_storage/nird/s3.html | the single-object size is 10TB |
| 2026-11-04 | documentation.sigma2.no/files_storage/nird/s3.html | NIRD S3 supports 10 TB single objects |
More fields 1
| dead end | {"failure_class": "quota","why": "No fixed per-project byte number published — quota is set per project by the Resource Allocation Committee (RFK) in TiB on NIRD Data Peak and/or Data Lake separately. What IS fixed and unusually generous: 'NIRD S3 supports 10TB single object sizes and up to 100 million objects per bucket', total NIRD capacity 75 PB (24 PB DP + 51 PB DL), and measured throughput '27GB/s'.","retry_when": null,"first_recorded": "2026-10-21"} |
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Unknown values 3
- per object cap notes: the field may be stated in a source that was not read
- retention notes: the field may be stated in a source that was not read
- retention stated: the field may be stated in a source that was not read
Sibling records disagree:
- identity_kind:
storage/nird-data-lake-data-peak-as-a-free-tiersays email, storage/nird-data-lake-s3-object-storage-10-tb-single-object-sup says institution - verdict:
storage/nird-data-lake-data-peak-as-a-free-tiersays fails-quota, storage/nird-data-lake-s3-object-storage-10-tb-single-object-sup says paid-only
- Free allowance
- The User Contribution Model v2.2 charges 470 NOK per TB/year for NIRD Data Lake and 800 NOK per TB/year for NIRD…
- Verdict
- fails: quotathe free allowance is too small to matter
- Cost
- not stated
- Identity
- email?placeholder, not evidence; card unknown, phone unknown
- Binding limit
- noneno named constraint binds
- Evidence
- reported1 source; a third party said so
- Freshness
- stale on 2026-11-05checked 2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-05
| Free tier | The User Contribution Model v2.2 charges 470 NOK per TB/year for NIRD Data Lake and 800 NOK per TB/year for NIRD… unit none; metered on none |
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| Price | none stated |
| Identity | email (placeholder) not published |
| Egress | not recorded |
| Interface | unknown |
| Tooling | not recorded |
Evidence 1
| date | source | what it proved |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-21 | www.sigma2.no/user-contribution-model | The User Contribution Model v2.2 charges 470 NOK per TB/year for NIRD Data Lake and 800 NOK per TB/year for NIRD Data |
More fields 1
| dead end | {"failure_class": "quota","why": "The User Contribution Model v2.2 charges 470 NOK per TB/year for NIRD Data Lake and 800 NOK per TB/year for NIRD…","retry_when": null,"first_recorded": "2026-10-21"} |
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Unknown values 7
- chaining: no value was recorded for this field
- egress terms: no value was recorded for this field
- interface: the access interface was not established
- per object cap notes: no value was recorded for this field
- per object cap stated: no value was recorded for this field
- retention stated: no value was recorded for this field
- tooling: no value was recorded for this field