HPL Departmental Piratedrive
The HPL has a departmental Privatedrive with a current capacity of 50GB.
\\piratedrive\hpl
If needed a subfolder can be created in the HPL piratedrive for use in your lab.
\\piratedrive\hpl\yourlab
Piratedrive is considered more secure that SharePoint. Currently the University requires any data files that need to be stored on the network, backed up on the network or shared that also contain information that needs to be secure, should use the Piratedrive.
In order to have a subfolder created for your group or lab you need to determine who will administer the folder and its permissions. This should be a faculty or staff member. With that information Chuck Tanner will create the folder and add the person with full permissions for that folder. All other permissions will be added by that folders administrator.
Access a Department Piratedrive
On-campus users can map a drive (create a shortcut) to a department's folder. Off-campus users should access their department's folder by establishing a secure connection using Virtual Private Network (VPN) software. Instructions for establishing a VPN connection can be found on the VPN website.
Map Piratedrive
To map a drive using Windows, right click on the desktop. Click new. Select shortcut. In the location box type \\piratedrive\hpl\yourlab where your lab is the name of the folder created on the departmental piratedrive for your use. Click Next. Type a name for the shortcut that describes this as your labs piratedrive. Click finish. An icon should appear on your desktop that once clicked takes you to your folder on the departmental piratedrive.
\\piratedrive\hpl
If needed a subfolder can be created in the HPL piratedrive for use in your lab.
\\piratedrive\hpl\yourlab
Piratedrive is considered more secure that SharePoint. Currently the University requires any data files that need to be stored on the network, backed up on the network or shared that also contain information that needs to be secure, should use the Piratedrive.
In order to have a subfolder created for your group or lab you need to determine who will administer the folder and its permissions. This should be a faculty or staff member. With that information Chuck Tanner will create the folder and add the person with full permissions for that folder. All other permissions will be added by that folders administrator.
Access a Department Piratedrive
On-campus users can map a drive (create a shortcut) to a department's folder. Off-campus users should access their department's folder by establishing a secure connection using Virtual Private Network (VPN) software. Instructions for establishing a VPN connection can be found on the VPN website.
Map Piratedrive
To map a drive using Windows, right click on the desktop. Click new. Select shortcut. In the location box type \\piratedrive\hpl\yourlab where your lab is the name of the folder created on the departmental piratedrive for your use. Click Next. Type a name for the shortcut that describes this as your labs piratedrive. Click finish. An icon should appear on your desktop that once clicked takes you to your folder on the departmental piratedrive.