Introduction
This document exists to provide the end user a way to discover resources provided on the Isilon College of Engineering storage cluster.
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Access to the Isilon is granted based on your role (i.e. Staffstaff, Facultyfaculty, Gradsgrads, Undergradsundergrads). Depending on your role and your circumstance, you may have access to additional shares that are not listed in this document.
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\\coe-fs.engr.tamu.edu\<share_name> |
where Where <share_name> is replaced by the actual name of the share that you are attempting to access (without the ‘<’ and ‘>’<>).
Terminology and Usage
This document refers to the term UNC, which stands for Universal Naming Convention, which specifies a CIFS/SMB (i.e. Windows share) path. It starts with two slashes \\, followed by an address, (i.e. ‘ coe-fs.engr.tamu.edu’) followed by a share (i.e. ‘Research’Research).
When this document refers to a share, we mean a share on the Isilon that is directly accessible at the UNC address \\coe-fs.engr.tamu.edu\<share_name>. For example, the ‘Research’ Research share would be accessed using the following UNC path:
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\\coe-fs.engr.tamu.edu\Research |
Windows
On a windows Windows machine, a UNC path would be entered into a Windows Explorer address bar.
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Mac
On a Mac, a UNC path would be entered by going to Finder and selecting Go -> Connect to ServerServer… from the menu at the top of the screen. On a Mac, the UNC path takes a different form. For example, the Windows UNC path is:
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\\coe-fs.engr.tamu.edu\Research |
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smb://coe-fs.engr.tamu.edu/Research |
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Linux
The linux Linux form is usually similar to the Mac form, but this depends on the Linux distribution and distribution version that you are using. You should perform a google search on how to connect to a CIFS/SMB share for your particular Linux distribution for more information.
Services
Home Directories
Course Areas
Research Areas
Research Areas are directories granted to each researcher in each department of Home Directories are provided to all students, faculty, and staff in the College of Engineering and are used for research collaboration and storage. If you are a faculty researcher, you already have access to a research directory, but you will need to contact your Engineering IT representative to have your students added.
You can access the Research Areas by browsing to the following UNC path (see the above section entitled ‘Terminology and Usage’ for more information):
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\\coe-fs.engr.tamu.edu\Research |
Roles
There are three roles that are relevant to Research Area access:
Professor
Editor
Student
Professor
The professor role is able to read, write, and delete content in all directories of the Research Areas. This access is granted automatically, so nothing needs to be done.
Editor
The editor role a special role that can be designated by the professor to perform cleanup and archiving of content. The editor has the ability to read, write, and delete content in the Shared and Archive directories. In order to make a person an editor, professors should use the Isilon Management Portal and choose the Edit Research Group Members menu option from the User Portal.
Student
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Organization
Research Areas have the following structure:
[Department]
[Professor]
Archive
Shared
Students
[Student 1]
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[Student n]
Archive
The Archive directory is a place to put old shared materials and old student directories once they are no longer needed, but aren’t yet ready for deletion. This directory’s contents can be modified by the professor role and the editor role.
Shared
The Shared directory is a directory that provides a collaborative space for all members of a research group. This directory’s contents can be modified by the professor, editor, and student roles.
Students
The Students directory contains one directory per student that has been added to the research group’s Active Directory group by Engineering IT. In order to grant access to students, professors should use the Isilon Management Portal and choose the Edit Research Group Members menu option from the User Portal. You will need to know the students’ NetIDs in order to add them. Each student directory’s contents can be modified by the professor role and the student role of the student who owns the directory.
Viewing Space Usage
Professors can view the number of files/directories and the amount of space consumed within their research directory. This can be accomplished through the Isilon Management Portal by choosing the View Quotas menu option from the User Portalcan be used to store files that can be synced on computers throughout the college.
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More information on Home Directories can be found here. |
Course Areas
Course Areas are created for each College of Engineering course for Instructors, TAs, and Students to use.
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More information on Course Areas can be found here. |
Research Areas
Research Areas are created for researchers in the College of Engineering to store research data.
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More information on Research Areas can be found here. |
Troubleshooting
If you are unable to access any of the offered resources and believe that you should have the rights to do so, contact your Technology Services - Engineering IT representative for assistance.