Data storage

The Scientific Data Warehouse (SDW) is the Data Platform in Nuvolos

This page is the technical reference for data storage on Nuvolos: activating tables in a Space, navigating the Tables view, running queries, uploading and accessing data from inside and outside Nuvolos, and the supporting tools (ODBC drivers, DBeaver, big-data exports).

Tabular data on Nuvolos is stored in the Scientific Data Warehouse (SDW), which uses Snowflake as the underlying database engine. For the conceptual model - why Nuvolos integrates a data warehouse, how dataset Spaces work, vintaging, and the two connection modes - see Concepts › Data storage.

Start working with data

Nuvolos differentiates two types of data:

1. Tabular data stored in some database management system

2. Data stored in regular files

This page describes working with tabular data. For working with files, consult our guide to the file system.

This documentation distinguishes tabular and file based data.

Tabular data refers to data stored in the Scientific Data Warehouse (SDW), a SQL compliant cloud-based data warehouse.

File based data means data that is stored on a regular file system. This guide focuses on database-stored datasets.

Where to go next

• For Application reference (sizes, configuration, add-ons including PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, Neo4j), see Reference › Applications.

• For storing files alongside tables (Workspace, Personal, LFS), see Reference › File storage.

• For the conceptual model of the data platform, dataset Spaces, and connection modes, see Concepts › Data storage.

• For curating and publishing datasets, see How-to › For Researchers › Set up a dataset.