This document exists to provide the end user a way to discover resources provided on the Isilon College of Engineering storage cluster.
Access
Access to the Isilon is granted based on your role (i.e. staff, faculty, grads, undergrads). Depending on your role and your circumstance, you may have access to additional shares that are not listed in this document.
Access is granted through the Windows CIFS UNC path:
\\coe-fs.engr.tamu.edu\<share_name>
Where <share_name> is replaced by the actual name of the share that you are attempting to access (without the <>).
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).Â
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 share would be accessed using the following UNC path:
\\coe-fs.engr.tamu.edu\Research
Windows
On a Windows machine, a UNC path would be entered into a Windows Explorer address bar.
Mac
On a Mac, a UNC path would be entered by going to Finder and selecting Go > Connect to Server… 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:
\\coe-fs.engr.tamu.edu\Research
Would instead be entered as:
smb://coe-fs.engr.tamu.edu/Research
Linux
The 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
Home Directories are provided to all students, faculty, and staff in the College of Engineering and can be used to store files that can be synced on computers throughout the college.
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.
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.
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 Engineering IT representative for assistance.