Creating an OURRstore Account

In addition to the University of Oklahoma, OURRstore is open to any institution in the following programs.

• Great Plains Network (GPN)
• Estab­lished Program to Stim­u­late Com­pet­i­tive Research (EPSCoR)

In order to use OURRstore to store data, you first need to create a project group and add any users you wish to have access to said data.

1. Submit a request for an OSCER account at http://www.oscer.ou.edu/account_request/ for each person on the project who needs access to the data
   
   1. Make sure to include in the form that you are creating the account to use OURRstore
   2. A Principal or Co-Principal Investigator will also need to create an account using this form. If you are not this role, make sure that if/when asked for PI information to include that person's information in the form.
      1. The form may ask for an advisor/faculty member from the University of Oklahoma as the PI, but any person from your institution with a similar role for your project can be used for this field as well.
   3. Rules about research group name (for PI)
      1. 3-12 characters long; lowercase letters and digits only; first character must be a letter
      2. DO NOT use a name based on OURRstore; choose a name based on what the team does/project is

      3. Prepend your institution's abbreviation

         1. In our case, it would be uky

   4. Suggestions for remaining part of group name
      
      1. A condensed word/phrase that describes team's topic area
      2. Last name of PI
2. Sign and submit an OSCER User Agreement form
   1. Email: support@oscer.ou.edu (preferred method)
   2. Fax: 405-325-5486
   3. Mail: Henry Neeman, Engineering Lab 212, 200 Felgar St, Norman OK 73019
3. Setup a mandatory training session with OURRstore.
   1. Email: support@oscer.ou.edu
   2. The training session is available live or over videoconference (ca. 30 min. long)
4. Purchase at least 2 LTO-8 tape cartridges to be shipped to OU
   1. Recommended Tapes:
      1. IBM LTO Ultrum (Distributor: Midland Information Systems)
         
         1. LTO 8: https://www.midlandinfosys.com/ibm-power/all-categories/lto-8-tape-cartridge-01pl041
5. SSH into dtn2.oscer.ou.edu to confirm you have access and can transfer files.
   1. The tape archive is under /archive/ourrstore/<group name>/, as either tape_2copies or tape_3copies