Cloud Computing Recommendations

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

The Cloud Account Management service provides simplified ordering and provisioning of an Amazon Web Services AWS cloud account, as well as account and billing management.

Cloud Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk

Azure

Microsoft Azure subscriptions are available to Stanford University staff and faculty who wish to host services or systems in Microsoft Azure.

Cloud Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk

The Cloud Account Management service provides simplified ordering and provisioning of a Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud account, as well as account and billing management.

Cloud Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk

Carina

Carina is a secure computing environment, designed and approved for PHI and other high-risk data.

On Prem Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk

Cloud Storage

Cloud Storage Recommendations

Hybrid Cloud Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk

Cloud VDI

The Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) service provides the virtual desktop environment and applications that best support your business requirements.

Hybrid Cloud Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk

Cloud Web Hosting

Explore options for where to build and maintain your website, and what University IT recommends for different website needs.

Hybrid Cloud Low Risk Moderate Risk

CTSC Cloud Services

Client Technology Solutions and Consulting (CTSC) provides a range of custom, managed cloud services from serverless application and Kubernetes clusters to virtual servers and AI-powered knowledge services. CTSC handles provisioning, security, patching, monitoring, and ongoing maintenance.

Cloud Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk

Data Center Hosting

University IT provides hosting services for campus clients who want to operate their equipment in a secure, centrally managed data center.

On Prem Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk

FarmShare

FarmShare is Stanford’s community computing environment. It is intended for use in coursework and unsponsored research. It is not approved for use with high-risk data, or for use in sponsored research.

On Prem Low Risk Moderate Risk

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is a cloud services platform, offering compute power, database storage, content delivery and other functionality to help develop and scale businesses.

Cloud Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk

Marlowe

Marlowe is Stanford’s newest High Performance Computing (HPC) Cluster. It came online in October 2024 and is managed by Stanford Data Science. The hardware and software infrastructure is administered by Stanford Research Computing.

On Prem Low Risk Moderate Risk

Nero

Nero GCP is a shared Big Data Computing Platform specifically designed for High Risk Data. Nero was developed in collaboration with the School of Medicine (SOM) and Stanford Research Computing.

Cloud High Risk

Oak

Oak is a High-Performance Computing (HPC) storage system available to research groups and projects at Stanford for research data. Hosted by Stanford Research Computing, Oak provides affordable and scalable storage with a diversity of access methods.

On Prem Low Risk Moderate Risk

Redivis

Redivis is a powerful data querying and analysis platform built specifically with researchers in mind.

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SCG

The SCG Cluster is a high-performance computing facility run by the Genetics Bioinformatics Service Center (GBSC within the Stanford Department of Genetics.

On Prem Low Risk Moderate Risk

Sherlock

Sherlock is a shared computing cluster available for use by all Stanford Faculty members and their research teams, for sponsored or departmental faculty research.

On Prem Low Risk Moderate Risk

SRCF

The Stanford Research Computing Facility (SRCF) provides the campus research community with data center facilities designed specifically to host high-performance computing equipment.

On Prem Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk