Saving and data protection
Please read carefully the instructions on saving files. The instructions contain information about user permissions and data protection. in different storage locations.
Metropolia network drives
The following network drives are available at Metropolia:
Name | Purpose | Who |
|---|---|---|
| P: | space for a project | project members R/W |
S: | Temporary space | everyone R/W |
T: | study support | staff R/W, students R |
U: | common documents | staff R/W |
W: | network applications | everyone R |
Z: | home drive | private R/W |
| \\share-courses | More storage space for some courses | |
| \\share-archive | Archive drive for media files etc. |
(R=read, RW=read/write permission)
Common network drives
P: drive , working space for a project(scratch), students, staff
- for project members, full user permission
S: drive (scratch), students, staff
- Open to everyone, anybody can create files for temporary storage e.g. while travelling when traveling between locations/classrooms or sharing files quickly.
- All files are open to anyone for reading.
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- No backups are made as the scratch nature "file dump" idea suggests.
T: drive, study supporting
- For sharing large materials which cannot be shared using TuubiOMA. E.g. large video files, tutorials and so on.
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- The priv folder in the function root open to only specific members of the function. The directory owner decides by making a service request who gets what permissions to a given directory.
- AS A RULE the OMA portal workspaces should be used for sharing files with others.
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W: drive, for applications that boot from the network
- Only read writes permissions for users.
- Used for installing applications that can be run directly from a network drive.
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- The quota can be raised if good reasons are given. Please, make a service request at http://hd.metropolia.fi.
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The home drive
Each user's private home drive can be seen on workstations as the Z: drive, and on Linux servers as the home directory. It can also be remotely accessed via the portal as well as using the ssh/sftp application via the shell.metropolia.fi server.
The home drive quota is 1500 MB for students and 4000 MB for staff. You can check the size and the used space on a workstation in the home drive Properties view. In the example below the quota is 500 MB and the space used is 400 KB:
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Question: How do I access the network drives from home?
Answer:
Option 1) Sign in OMA and click on the Network drives link at the bottom of General Desktop. (This is Webdisk service, and its quick guide is here.
Option 2; Open a connection to shell.metropolia.fi using one of the free programs listed below. Log in with your Metropolia username.
WinSCP (Windows)
CyberDuck (Windows, Mac OS X)
FileZilla (Windows, Mac OS X, Linux)