CUAHSI takes extensive measures to ensure that HydroShare remains functional and your data is accessible in perpetuity.
CUAHSI operates a cloud-native infrastructure across Google Cloud Platform and Microsoft Azure to support HydroShare and its related services. All production, development, and testing environments are containerized and managed through infrastructure-as-code practices, enabling automated, repeatable deployments via Kubernetes. Backend services draw on a mix of relational databases (PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server) and NoSQL solutions (MongoDB Atlas) to handle data ingestion, storage, publication, metadata management, and user access control — aligning with community data sharing and data management plan requirements.
To ensure reliability and performance, CUAHSI maintains a dedicated quality assurance environment that mirrors production systems, supporting continuous integration and validation before any new features are released. Cloud-based backup services and redundant storage configurations provide high availability and disaster recovery. Infrastructure scales automatically in response to demand, accommodating peak loads during data-intensive workflows such as model execution, bulk uploads, or publication events, while optimizing costs during routine operations.
HydroShare adheres to the FAIR archival standard. Please see the HydroShare publication agreement for details on published data custody and publishing and distribution rights.
The CUAHSI team is dedicated to cultivating FAIR data principles within HydroShare and in the HydroShare user community. FAIR Data should be Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reproducible. We work to achieve this by encouraging metadata and publishing best practices throughout our repository.
Learn more about HydroShare collaborators here.