Tiger Den is LSU’s on-campus research data storage solution, available to LSU-affiliated researchers.  Its primary goal is to provide storage for research datasets; a secondary goal is to support the growth of a research data community.    The types of LSU data-related needs addressed span a broad spectrum: 

• Research projects’ datasets, including those measured in terabytes 
• Departmental working data (within network traffic and capacity constraints) 
• Backups 
• Archival storage 

 Tiger Den is built to satisfy data management requirements according to the FAIR principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) and therefore may be considered as a reasonable solution for grant-funded research projects.   

Tiger Den is operated by LSU Information Technology Services (ITS) and LSU Libraries. It is accessible to LSU users on the LSU Baton Rouge campus and off-campus via the Global Protect virtual private network (VPN). 

Tiger Den users enjoy these benefits: 

• Hardware and software securely and centrally managed by professional IT staff 
• More affordable than cloud storage, with no charges for up to 1 TB 
• No ingress or egress charges 
• Accessible not only on campus (including via LSU’s High Performance Computing clusters) but also off campus via the Global Protect VPN (Virtual Private Network)
• No restrictions on file size or directory depth 

• Complimentary storage for faculty, up to 1 TB 
• Above 1 TB, additional storage costs $50 per TB per year  
• Storage must be reserved in 1 TB units for a minimum period of one fiscal year (July 1st – June 30th). 
• Charges will be pro-rated for first-time users signing up mid-year. 
• Annual billing occurs at the beginning of each fiscal year. 
• No charges apply during the deployment phase (before October 1, 2025). 
• Contact administrators to reserve over 20 TB of space 
• After October 1, 2025, to keep data on an existing reservation, a budget code must be provided.

1. Visit the Tiger Den Management Portal 
2. Click on “Request an Account” and log in with your myLSU credentials. 
3. Complete the request form, including the budget code, and click on “Submit”. 
4. Check your LSU.EDU email for a message with the subject “[Tiger Den]: E-mail Verification” and verify your email address through the link provided. 
5. (After October 1, 2025) Charges apply for requests of more than 1 TB. 
6. You will receive an email when your Tiger Den storage is ready for use. 
   1. You can mount it on your computer, or
   2. LSU HPC cluster users can access it via their cluster. 

In addition to account management functions, on the portal you can find important instructions such as how to mount Tiger Den on your own computer. 

The customers and users of Tiger Den resources and services agree to comply with PS-124 “DATA MANAGEMENT” and all other Louisiana State University policies and procedures. Users have the option to encrypt data during transmission by selecting the appropriate transfer methods. However, data stored on Tiger Den is not encrypted when at rest.

Therefore, Tiger Den should not be utilized to store any data classified as private or confidential as per PS-124.

The customers and users of Tiger Den resources and services agree to comply with PS-121 “ACCEPTABLE USE” and all other pertinent Louisiana State University policies and procedures.

Tiger Den Usage Policy can be found here.

For any inquiries related to Tiger Den, send an email to:  ticket@hpc.lsu.edu