Dropbox is a cloud file sharing and storage solution. Find out more at https://www.dropbox.com/
Platform | Cloud storage |
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Primary Use | Enterprise and individual file storage system. |
Who Owns the Data | You. |
Commercial Entity | Yes |
Design Target (its goals) | General public, business accounts. |
Price | Free for basic; Can upgrade for enhanced features. |
Available storage | 2 GB |
Privacy | Do NOT use for sensitive data. |
Accessible from HPC systems | Not available from HPC systems. Can transfer files from computers using Dropbox applications, but no transfers to servers without downloading to a computer first. |
Back-ups | Dropbox saves a history of all deleted and earlier versions of files for 30 days for all Dropbox accounts. |
Data retention | Data is purged after the Dropbox account is closed. |
Shared account/support for collaboration | Individual files can be shared with collaborators. |
Permissions | Add individual collaborators as needed. |
Access after you leave Purdue | Not tied to Purdue accounts. |
Data management plan | None. |
Publication of datasets | No |
Assigns DOIs | No |
Preserve datasets | None. |
Trusted repository | No |
Metadata | No |
Dataset preview and edit from the platform | Yes |
Data security | Two step account verification can be enable. Employees at Dropbox can access your files. https://www.dropbox.com/help/27?path=security_and_privacy. |
Treatment of sensitive data | Not allowed. |