SDM - Scientific Data Management

With the Large Scale Data Facility (LSDF) and the WLCG Tier1 center GridKa, the Scientific Data Management (SDM) department develops and operates data infrastructures for the storage, archiving, and processing of large, scientific data sets, e.g., from elementary particle physics, astroparticle physics, and biology, as well as the synchrotron radiation source KARA.

The SDM department works within the framework of the National Research Data Infrastructure(NFDI) in the cosortia. NFDI4Ing NFDI4ChemandPUNCH4NFDIon new concepts for the storage and processing of research data from the respective communities.

In addition, the department operates backup and archiving services for KIT and for universities and colleges in the state of Baden-Württemberg (bwDataArchive).