MAKE projets storage space

Two data storage spaces are provided to MAKE projects:

• an high-performance active data storage (NAS) for data that is actively accessed
• an archival system with lower performance for long-term archival

The NAS can be used to store files that are in active use by projects. There is currently no disk quota per project, however we will monitor disk usage and request data deletion or archival in case of misuse. This NAS has snapshots that allow users to recover old versions of files, up to a few months in the past, with increasing time granularity (e.g., every 15 minutes in the last hour, then every hour, then every day, etc.). This functionality can be accessed from the Previous versions tab in the Windows Explorer property dialog box (right click + Properties on a file or a folder).

The NAS can be accessed with an INTRANET account from any computer connected to the EPFL internal network (including VPN). From Windows, you can simply enter this path in the file explorer:

\\sti-nas1.rcp.epfl.ch\MAKE

From Linux and MacOS, connect to the following URI using the file explorer (not a web browser):

smb://sti-nas1.rcp.epfl.ch/MAKE/

On MAKE-provided computers (e.g. the locally and remotely accessible computers at SPOT), this network disk is automatically mounted as remote disk (M:), and a shortcut to it is placed on the desktop:

Once connected, you will see a list of folders (one per MAKE project). All project members who did the basic training automatically have read-write access to the corresponding folder.

Any kind of data that actually belongs to the project and is in active use by project members can be stored on the NAS. It is mainly intended for big simulation results, but other types of data can be stored too if they are accessed frequently by project members (e.g., documents, spreadsheets, pictures, datasets, etc.).

The archival system can be accessed at https://make-archives.epfl.ch/. MAKE projects have team folders on it, with a disk space limitation per project (quota).