Rich, My previous department did this alot. You might try contacting Jon or Jason over in the Biomedical Research and Informatics Center(BRIC), which is one of the arms of the MSU Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (the other arm is the Office of Clinical Research). BRIC has been helping groups to run studies here on campus and maintain that type of data before I started working for them in 2006. https://bric.msu.edu/node/10 Troy Murray Michigan State University College of Medicine Life Science 1355 Bogue St, B-136D E: [log in to unmask] P: 517-432-2760 F: 517-355-7254 RedHat 5 Certified Technician RedHat 5 Certified Systems Administrator HL7 V2.6/2.5 Certified Control Specialist On Feb 14, 2012, at 9:53 AM, Rich Tibbals wrote: > Hi All, > > What systems of hardware, software management packages, and unit or college user policies are being employed for the support of research. I am particularly interested in SAN or NAS (or cloud) systems for PI data storage and back-up. > > Your experiences and insights are most appreciated. > > --Rich > > -- > Richard C. Tibbals > Director of Technology and Facilities > College of Communication Arts & Sciences > > <MSU-Wordmark-Green-120-pxls.gif> > > 296 Comm Arts Bldg. > East Lansing, MI 48824-1212 > > Office: 517-432-5674 > infotech.cas.msu.edu > > Troy Murray Michigan State University College of Medicine Life Science 1355 Bogue St, B-136D E: [log in to unmask] P: 517-432-2760 F: 517-355-7254 RedHat 5 Certified Technician RedHat 5 Certified Systems Administrator HL7 V2.6/2.5 Certified Control Specialist