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Cloud Computing Recommendations

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Deployment Model
Risk Category
Ease of Setup and Use

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 Moderate High

Azure

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

Cardinal Cloud - AWS GovCloud

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 Moderate High

Carina

Carina is a secure computing environment, designed and approved for PHI and other high-risk data.
On Prem Low Moderate High

Cloud Storage

Cloud Storage Recommendations
Hybrid Cloud Low Moderate High

Cloud VDI

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

Cloud Web Hosting

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Hybrid Cloud Low Moderate

Custom Cloud Solutions

Client Technology Solutions and Consulting (CTSC) is Stanford's strategic IT managed service partner in University IT (UIT).
Cloud Low Moderate High

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 Moderate High

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 Moderate

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 Moderate High

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 Moderate

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

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 Moderate

Redivis

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

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 Moderate

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 Moderate

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 Moderate High