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CloudStor is being decommissioned and will be shut down at 12pm noon AEDT on Friday 15 December 2023. FileSender will continue as a standalone service. See FAQs for more information.

Decommissioning CloudStor

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AARNet is decommissioning CloudStor at the end of 2023.

15 years ago, AARNet developed CloudStor to meet a distinct need in the academic space. Researchers were struggling to efficiently share large files and work with one another over the internet. CloudStor filled a considerable gap in the market by providing cloud-based storage, sharing, and collaboration services.

However, now the market looks quite different. Cloud services abound. Lots of large, commercial vendors are providing services in this space – like Dropbox, OneDrive, and Google Drive. Technology has progressed as well.

CloudStor’s underlying software and platform architecture have reached their end of life. Rebuilding the platform to meet the future needs of the sector would require a very substantial investment from AARNet. We’ve calculated that this investment simply isn’t financially viable.

Given that researchers now have access to multiple file sharing products, and the lack of viability of carrying CloudStor into AARNet’s future, we’ve made the decision to decommission CloudStor.

When will AARNet decommission CloudStor?

CloudStor will be shut down at 12pm noon AEDT on Friday 15 December 2023.

We will be notifying users via email and providing more information in the coming months.

Our Customer Relations team will directly contact universities and research institutes with Enterprise Agreements to discuss transition plans.

CloudStor decommission timeline

Which CloudStor services will be decommissioned?

  • CloudStor Sync ‘n’ Share – individual AND group drive storage.
  • CloudStor SWAN
  • CloudStor S3

Will you decommission FileSender?

AARNet will continue to offer the FileSender feature of CloudStor as a stand-alone service for transferring large files online at filesender.aarnet.edu.au.

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