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Storage service

What is it?

Storage is an on line service providing data storage space on client servers to CELLS users, groups and other services.

 

Main features:

  • Central storage capacity: up to 30 TB , 950 TB in 2011.
  • Performance: 1Gbps up to 10Gbps to clients, 4Gbps in the storage area network.
  • At discretion user and group storages. There are no set limits although we may ask you to clean data.
  • Data integrity: RAID5, daily backups to tape libraries.
  • Personal SMB recycle bins for Windows users only. Files deleted from z: drive are automatically copied in .recyclebin.
  • File sharing system: SMB (Widows, Linux and Mac) and NFS (Linux)

 

How to access storage drives:

 

From Windows computers:

  • Log in with your CELLS domain account:
    • From My Computer:
      • z:\ - your personal network drive ( \\storage\home\ )
      • y:\ - your division network drive on y:
      • s:\ - links to all CELLS storage shares ( \\storage\links2shares )

  • To access any CELLS share from Windows Explorer (not Internet Explorer!) address bar type
    \\storage\links2shares
    in the address bar, and choose a shared folder.

 

From Linux computers:

  • Logging with your CELLS account, your personal storage space is your user default folder /home/your_username.
  • To access any CELLS share, from any file manager (Konqueror, Dolphin, etc.), type smb://storage00/, and choose a shared folder.

 

From Mac OS computers

  • To access any CELLS share, from Finder:
  • Press cmd+K or go to menu Go, Connect to server,
  • Type smb://storage00/ and click Connect,
  • Fill your username and password when asked, Choose a share folder
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Who can use it?
  • CELLS visitors, employees, groups
  • Other IT services: LDAP, email, virtual servers, calculation servers, etc.
How do I become a user?
  • Automatically granted with your CELLS account.  
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