B2DROP
What is B2DROP?
B2DROP is a onf-of-a-kind low-barrier, user-friendly and trustworthy storage environment which allows users to synchronise their active data across different desktops and to easily share this data with peers. EUDAT offers a free public basic instance for any researcher. For communities and organisations a premium service is offered on the public instance. Communities and organisations can also request customised instances.
Features
- Default quota of 20GBs (Basic), high quotas optional (Premium)
- Access via Web GUI, desktop clients and Webdav
- Multiple versions of files are kept
- Enabled apps: Contacts, Calendar, Tasks, Circles (social communities)
- Sharing within B2DROP, across different instances (via OCM-API) and via links
- Publishing of datasets to B2SHARE
- Office editing with Collabora (Basic)
- Integration with CLARIN Language Resource Switchboard (Basic)
- Integration with other community services optional (Premium)
- Group management and storage (Premium)
Resource offers
For Researchers - Basic
B2DROP is a secure and trusted data exchange service for researchers and scientists to keep their research data synchronized and up-to-date and to exchange with other researchers. B2DROP is an ideal solution to store and share data with colleagues and team members, synchronise multiple versions of data, ensure automatic desktop synchronisation of large files. Features: Basic service, Self registering, Quota 20GB, Web access, Sharing files with local users, Sharing files across other B2DROP and ownCloud/Nextcloud instances, Desktop synchronisation, Support for WebDAV mounts, Publish data to B2SHARE. Ideal for: Researchers seeking a central place to storage and share research data.
For Data Managers
The public B2DROP service has a per user quota limit of 20GB. Communities, organisations or PI's which have a need for higher quota’s, higher storage capacity, specific requirements and/or (Nextcloud) applications enabled can submit support request. Depending on the requirements and/or requested storage capacity the B2DROP service is offered as a paid service. Features: Public service, Self registering, Higher quota's as default, Web access, Sharing files with local users, Sharing files across other B2DROP and ownCloud/Nextcloud instances, Desktop synchronisation, Support for WebDAV mounts, Publish data to B2SHARE. Ideal for: Data managers with higher quota, storage and/or any specific requirements.
| Requested storage capacity | 1 - 10 TB |
| Requested quota per user | 100 - 500 GB |
| Access type | opportunistic - reserved |
| Start of service | date |
| Number of days | integer |
| Special requirements | string |
For Communities And Organisations
The public B2DROP service is provided on a fair-share basis. Communities and/or organisations with specific requirements which can not be support via the public fair-share service or or need higher level of security or access control can request consultancy in setting up and deploying a local B2DROP instance or can request a B2DROP instance which is hosted at one of the EUDAT partners. Features: dedicated B2DROP instace, Requirements are negotiable. Ideal for: Community/organisational data managers.
| Requested storage capacity | 1 - 10 TB |
| Requested quota per user | 100 - 500 GB |
| Access type | opportunistic - reserved |
| Start of service | date |
| Number of days | integer |
| Special requirements | string |
For Researchers - Premium
The basic B2DROP service has a per user quota limit of 20GB. Researchers which have a need for higher quota’s, higher storage capacity, specific requirements and/or (Nextcloud) applications enabled can request this via the B2DROP Premium service.
| Request quota capacity | 100 - 2000 GB |
B2DROP is perfect for:
- Researchers that need their research data synchronized and up-to-date and to exchange with other researchers
- Data managers of communities, organisations or principal research investigators which need higher quotas, higher storage capacity, specific requirements and/or (Nextcloud) applications enabled
- Communities and/or organisations with specific requirements which can not be supported via the public fair-share service or need ahigher level of security or access control
Use cases
Learn how EUDAT has supported research communities across different disciplines.
