Network Disks

The following gives computing information about networked space accessible
for data storage in Dept of Phonetics & Linguistics UCL

Names of directories available for anyone having a Phonetics and Linguistics
username and password for temporary storage are:-

btemp

This is accessible from:-

1) PCs connected to the department network and running Winwows/95/98/NT/2000/XP.

2) UNIX prompt after logging in to the UNIX server, bell.phon.ucl.ac.uk
  

The first letter of the directory name stands for the name of computer it is
directly attached to. eg btemp is directly attached to computer bell and
Faster read/write speed is attainable if accessed via attached computer.

To access from any networked PC:-

For example - btemp via bell 

If there is no bell icon on "desktop"
Click on "find computer"
Enter: bell  
Drag bell icon onto desktop
Click on bell icon
Click on btemp

To write files:-
Make a folder labelled your_name
Check there is enough space - Click on "edit" "select all" then "file"
"properties" The space available on btemp is 65 minus the value for "size" 
displayed in GB (gigabytes) - ie a maximum of 65 GB will fit on the btemp
disk.

If at any stage you get a message "permission denied" or are prompted by
a login banner, enter your Phonetics and Linguistics username and password.

To access via any UNIX server (bell):-

Use an SSH client (eg putty, see Using SSH instead of telnet for logging in) 
on PC to login to computer or login at console. 
To write to /btemp for example:-

cd /btemp
mkdir your_name
cd your_name
Check for sufficient space by typing: df
The number in the "available" column divided by 1000 gives free space in
megabytes.

All data on btemp and is automatically removed after 2 weeks. This
includes directory names which when removed delete all data under them
regardless of its age.


Permanent Storage Areas

Clicking on the bell icon from a PC will give a list of network
resources including those storage areas listed above. A permanent storage
area for users with dept logins is the Unix login directory 
(/home/your_login_name under Unix) appearing as your_login_name. These are 
controlled by a quota system. To find your allocation, login to bell using 
an ssh client (see Using SSH instead of telnet for logging in). At UNIX prompt 
type: show_quota