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When UMIACS archives data we hold onto the archive for a period of 5 years.
When UMIACS archives data we hold onto the archive for a period of 5 years.


We archive the following:
In general we archive the following:


* hosts with persistent local data (Windows, macOS)
* hosts with persistent local data (Windows, macOS)
* accounts that are archived and deleted (including metadata, network home directory and GitLab)
* accounts that are archived and deleted (including metadata, network home directory and GitLab)
We may not archive the following:
* tmp and scratch directories (as discussed on our page about [[LocalDataStorage |data sotrage]])
* external drives that were attached to a machine
* Data that migrated forward to a new machine
* Data that was handed off into the care of the end-user or PI

Revision as of 21:26, 30 April 2020

UMIACS Archives

When UMIACS archives data we hold onto the archive for a period of 5 years.

In general we archive the following:

  • hosts with persistent local data (Windows, macOS)
  • accounts that are archived and deleted (including metadata, network home directory and GitLab)

We may not archive the following:

  • tmp and scratch directories (as discussed on our page about data sotrage)
  • external drives that were attached to a machine
  • Data that migrated forward to a new machine
  • Data that was handed off into the care of the end-user or PI