We offer a variety of digital storage solutions to staff and students based on a tiered service arrangement.
We aim to match services and solutions to our users' needs, and these range from user-empowered access options to mediated support through the Service Desk, eResearch Centre or Library (Monash University Research Repository).
S Drive
Sensitivity: From Very Sensitive to Public
- Managed by eSolutions.
- Files stored securely on Monash storage infrastructure.
- Automatic snapshot with self-serve file restore option.
- VPN required when offsite.
- Restricted access options.
- External accounts are available for collaborator access.
- Purpose: For long term storage.
- Storage limitation: Storage requirements above 1TB will require approval from eSolutions.
Moodle
Examples of data which can be saved in Moodle
- Unit learning materials from staff.
- Student quiz, assignments and other core Moodle assessments.
- Student grades and feedback.
- Student in-semester assessments/exams.
- Student SCORM package attempts.
- Plugins (Panopto, Turnitin Plagiarism, Microsoft Teams, Equella).
- Student eAssessment grades.
- Analytics Graphs(Graphs are generated for students' quiz submissions, assignment submissions, grades chart).
- Forum messages of the units (Student details are stored in these messages).
Panopto
- Panopto videos, information videos and students' video assignments/assessments.
- Teaching staff and students' personal videos.
- Panopto quizzes and closed captioning transcripts.
- Zoom videos from ELMS and users' personal Zoom videos.
- Videos from ELMS Moodle.
Echo360
- Echo lecture/workshop/seminar videos.
- Lecturers' personal videos and their personal presentations stored under Collections.
Equella
Student and staff videos, learning materials and assignments.
H5P
Students' H5P activity's module attempts and grades.
CUP
- Students' SCORM package attempts.
- Students' completion of the course.
- Compliance units CUP completion status of the student.
S Drive
Sensitivity: From Very Sensitive to Public
- Managed by eSolutions.
- Files stored securely on Monash storage infrastructure.
- Automatic snapshot with self-serve file restore option.
- VPN required when offsite.
- Restricted access options.
- External accounts are available for collaborator access.
- Purpose: For long term storage.
- Storage limitation: Storage requirements above 1TB will require approval from eSolutions.
M Drive (data sharing and collaboration)
Sensitivity: From Very Sensitive to Public
- Purpose: Short term storage, designed to send and receive data from external collaborators securely.
- Managed by eSolutions.
- Files stored securely on Monash storage infrastructure.
- ISO 27001 Certified Platform.
- MFA (Okta) verification.
- Secure file transfers to/from external collaborators.
- Restricted access options.
- Encryption-at-Rest.
- Encryption-in-flight.
- Desktop or browser access.
- Not suitable for frequent work on large files.
- Not suitable for long-term storage.
P Drive
Sensitivity: From Very Sensitive to Public
- Purpose: For long term storage for compliance and high assurance purposes (Restricted use).
- Access via MoVE environment.
- Continue on-access Antivirus scanning.
- Encryption-at-Rest.
- Full auditing.
eResearch storage
For more information about the storage services listed below (as well as guides and documentation), go to the eResearch Storage Wiki.
Market (disc storage)
Sensitivity: Public, Restricted, Sensitive
- Purpose: Storage for actively used data.
- Managed by eResearch.
- Files stored securely on Monash storage infrastructure.
- Automatically backed up by the University.
- Monash VPN required when off-site.
- Restricted access options.
- External accounts are available for collaborator access.
Vault (hybrid disc and tape storage)
Sensitivity: Public, Restricted, Sensitive
- Purpose: Long-term storage, backups and archiving.
- Managed by eResearch.
- Files stored securely on Monash storage infrastructure.
- Automatically backed up by the University.
- Monash VPN required when off-site.
- Restricted access options.
- External accounts are available for collaborator access.
Object (disc storage and cloud-native API)
Sensitivity: Public, Restricted, Sensitive
- Purpose: Unstructured data storage for cloud-native applications and analytics, etc.
- Managed by eResearch.
- Files stored securely on Monash storage infrastructure.
- Automatic backups are not provided by the University.
- Restricted access options.
- External accounts are available for collaborator access.
Nectar Volume (computational disc storage)
Sensitivity: Public, Restricted, Sensitive
- Purpose: Storage used by eResearch virtual machines (VMs).
- Managed by eResearch.
- Files stored securely on Monash storage infrastructure.
- Automatic backups are not provided by the University.
- Restricted access options.
- External accounts are available for collaborator access.
Google Shared Drive (Team Drive)
Sensitivity: From Sensitive to Public
- Purpose: Data storage for collaborative teams, business units or project data.
- Storage limitation: 25 GB.
- Available for all Monash staff and students.
S Drive
Sensitivity: From Very Sensitive to Public
- Managed by eSolutions.
- Files stored securely on Monash storage infrastructure.
- Automatic snapshot with self-serve file restore option.
- VPN required when offsite.
- Restricted access options.
- External accounts are available for collaborator access.
- Purpose: For long term storage.
- Storage limitation: Storage requirements above 1TB will require approval from eSolutions.
M Drive (data sharing and collaboration)
Sensitivity: From Very Sensitive to Public
- Purpose: Short term storage, designed to send and receive data securely from external collaborators.
- Managed by eSolutions.
- Files stored securely on Monash storage infrastructure.
- ISO 27001 Certified Platform.
- MFA (Okta) verification.
- Secure file transfers to/from external collaborators.
- Restricted access options.
- Encryption-at-Rest.
- Encryption-in-flight.
- Desktop or browser access.
- Not suitable for frequent work on large files.
- Not suitable for long-term storage.
P Drive
Sensitivity: From Very Sensitive to Public
- Purpose: For long term storage for compliance and high assurance purposes (restricted use).
- Access via MoVE environment.
- Continue on-access Antivirus scanning.
- Encryption-at-Rest.
- Full auditing.
My Documents\Desktop
Sensitivity: From Sensitive to Public
- Purpose: Data storage. Accessible from any Monash SOE Windows device (macOS devices will use Google Drive as a backup point 100GB).
- Storage limitation: 200 GB.
- Available for all Monash staff and students.
Local data availability for staff.
Google Drive (My Drive)
Sensitivity: From Sensitive to Public
- Purpose: Data storage and synchronisation service for personal and collaborative work.
- Storage limitation: 100 GB.
- Available for all Monash staff and students.
Approved services
For classifications of data allowed on core IT services, which are used across the whole of Monash, see approved services.
Data classification
Monash has four levels of data classification, from public to very sensitive.