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---+ Storage

*PPE storage provision is currently under review, and the following is subject to change.*

Various file storage areas are available to PPE group members, with different areas intended for, or suited to, different uses.  These include:

   * Home areas (=/home= in Linux), which are mostly [[Backups][backed-up]].
   * Data areas (=/data= and =/nfs= in Linux), which due to the sheer volume of data are generally not [[Backups][backed-up]].
   * Scratch space on certain machines (=/pcdisk/&lt;HOSTNAME&gt;=), which are not [[Backups][backed-up]].

It is your responsibility to ensure that your important files are protected, and so you should take particular note of which areas are [[Backups][backed-up]].

---++ Linux

The majority of PPE Linux machines are configured to mount home and data areas automatically.  Home areas are located in =/home=, and data areas in =/data= and =/nfs=.

If you want to access storage from a Linux machine which has not been configured to mount these storage areas automatically, you can use [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server_Message_Block][CIFS]] for which you will require administrator rights.  The command to mount a directory takes the following form:

=$ mount -t cifs cifs://uberwald.ppe.gla.ac.uk&lt;PATH&gt; &lt;MOUNT_PATH&gt; -o user=guphysics/&lt;USERNAME&gt;=

For example, if user =rabbit= wished to mount the =/data/carrots= directory locally as =/mnt/yummy=, the following command would be needed:

=$ mount -t cifs cifs://uberwald.ppe.gla.ac.uk/data/carrots /mnt/yummy -o user=guphysics/rabbit=

---++ Microsoft Windows

Windows users can access home and data areas using [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samba_(software)][Samba]].  You can connect to the Samba server using the alias =uberwald.ppe.gla.ac.uk=, for instance by entering =\\uberwald.ppe.gla.ac.uk= in the navigation bar in Windows Explorer.  Most PPE desktops are bound to the GUPHYSICS domain, and so you will not need to enter any credentials.  If you are using a laptop or one of the few desktops which is not part of the domain, you will need to enter your GUPHYSICS credentials to authenticate.

---++ Mac OS X

Start =Finder=, then =Go | Connect to Server...=.

 <img src="%ATTACHURLPATH%/connect_to_server.png" alt="connect_to_server.png" width='639' height='390' />

Enter =smb://uberwald.ppe.gla.ac.uk= as the =Server Address= and click =Connect=.

<img src="%ATTACHURLPATH%/ppesmb.png" alt="ppesmb.png" width='510' height='245' />

If requested, enter your GUPHYSICS username and password.

Select the Samba share that you wish to access.

<img src="%ATTACHURLPATH%/ppemgr02.png" alt="ppemgr02.png" width='760' height='339' />

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Topic revision: r11 - 2018-07-31 - GordonStewart