Space is big, really big

Introducing Space.intersect.org.au, a large scale, high performance, collaborative, and cost effective digital storage system specially tailored, designed and constructed by researchers for researchers. Space offers continuously growing capacity of up to 50 petabytes of fast, reliable and safe active and archive data retention. You have data, so we have Space.

Confidently store, retrieve and share your research data fast with Intersect infrastructure

Space is connected by optical fibre to Australia’s Academic and Research Network (AARNet) the not-for-profit company that operates the National Research and Education Network (NREN).

This means Space travel is optimally fast to critical eResearch infrastructure, such as high performance computing cluster Raijin, other AeRO organisations, medical research and clinical facilities and every Australian university campus. AARNet operates dedicated international fibre and interconnects as a peer of Internet2 in the USA, TEIN in Asia and GÉANT in Europe. Because AARNet also connects directly to commercial organisations and telecommunications companies, rapid transit is also possible between Space and Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Telstra, Optus and more.

Data storage options can be overwhelming and technical. We make it easy to get into Space by combining technologies into helpful product choices that are simple to understand and use. There are many ways to travel in Space…

Plotting Your Trajectory

There’s no such thing as an ‘average’ researcher when it comes to intensity, appetite and turnover of data, so no one size of Space fits all. A bioinformatician may need flexible access, an astronomer’s primary need may be throughput. Collaboration tools may be the biggest driver for a social scientist, while an archaeologist needs geocoding. Intersect people are flexible and ready to help leverage Space to solve individual, team, and organisational data challenges.

Research data is often encumbered by ethical, confidentiality or legal constraints that change over time. No matter what, you can always take your data out of Space if you decide to move. Terms of Service for Space guarantee agreed data sovereignty, audience, intellectual property rights and control of sharing.

Although Space is as simple as it can be, every mission involves pre-launch complexity. It’s important to understand upfront that in general Space bundles differ. For example SpaceShuttle stores data with different security models, access protocols and data formats. Your Intersect eRA will work with you to recommend the right Space for your project.