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Shared Storage: Shared storage is any storage managed by Sage on behalf of the user. Shared storage MAY HAVE many Organizations' data included in it. Storage and Egress is limited by the Organization’s Plan. Sage’s shared storage bucket proddata , as well as the AWS Open Data space managed by sage are examples is an example of shared storage.
Custom Storage: Storage managed by the user. Users control and manage the storage. Storage and egress costs are on paid by the user and no limits are imposed by Synapse. Data from custom storage does not count against the plan limits.
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Private Storage: Storage managed by Sage on behalf of the Organization in the form of an S3 bucket that contains only that Organization’s content. Storage and Egress is limited by the Organization’s Plan. . AWS Open Data is an example of private storage.
User Classes
Downloader Only - User who does not need a plan - only wishes to browse and access data.
Basic Plan User (aka: Independent Researchers) - User who wants a Basic Plan for publishing content. Each Certified User account has a single Default Organization as part of a Basic Plan.
Multi-Plan User - User who has one Basic Plan, and a member of one or more Self-Managed Plans or DCC Plans.
Managed Plan Only User - A User who does not create their own Organization as part of a Basic Plan - only wishes to browse and access data and is included as an uploader on one or more plans owned by others.
Legacy Plan User - User who has uploaded content into Synapse previous to the plan rollout date (##/##/2023) or is a member of a Legacy Plan.
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