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Note 4: If using Map a Network Drive, we recommend "standardizing" the drive letter to "W:\". This will facilitate talking about this share among research group members.

Info from CIT

The share you requested from Shared File Services has been configured.

ChemIT's documentation

The Group's fileshare is accessible from personal computers.

From WindowsYour CIFS share is accessible through the campus DFS (Distributed File System) service at:
\\files.cornell.edu\AS\CHM\ Group (no space) using WindowsGroup

When logging into Windows using a personal computer, your username is:

Cornell\NetID

From MacOS:
smb://files.cornell.edu/AS/CHM/Group using Mac OS 10.7 (Lion) .and above.

Note: Off-campus use requires the use of a VPN.
No VPN is required for on-campus use, including use via RedRover or when using personal computers.

Please consult the 'How To...' or 'Frequently Asked Questions' on CIT's website for more information:

http://www.it.cornell.edu/services/sharedfile/
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Fun fact 1: By Mapping A Network Drive (in Windows) you can easily see that total/free/used capacities of the share.

Fun fact 2: This is a CIT SFS CIFS share, which is accessible by Windows and Macs. With effort, perhaps accessible from Linux, but unknown issues with permission if also interacting with other OS. Contact ChemIT for advice.. The other share type CIT SFS offers is NFS.

Fun fact 3: The "easy" fileshare paths above are courtesy of the campus Distributed File System (DFS) service.

If the above fileshare address don't work..

Don't use the following conventions unless you must. Instead, use the conventions shown above. But for For older clients which don't support DFS (such as Mac OS 10.6 and below) your CIFS share may be accessed via a DNS CNAME (note: The DNS CNAME may take up to an hour to take effect).

\\as-chm-group.files.cornell.edu\as-chm-group for older Windows

smb://as-chm-group.files.cornell.edu/as-chm-group for OS 10.6 and below

By Mapping A Network Drive you can easily see that total/free/used capacities of the share.

Please consult the 'How To...' or 'Frequently Asked Questions' on our website if you have further questions: http://www.it.cornell.edu/services/sharedfile/

Thank you!

Shared File Services
CIT Infrastructure