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Network File Storage (Personal)

Network File Storage (Personal)

Jul 02, 2020

Overview

This article goes over personal network drives and has links to the instructions on mapping them to a users machine.

Details

Netfiles: personal storage (\\netfiles.willamette.edu)

Students, faculty and staff have access to personal storage space on Willamette's network file server. This space is automatically created when your network account is made. The NetFiles storage space can be used to store and back up data for classes, projects and academic research. The file servers themselves are backed up regularly and data can be recovered in cases of local hard drive failures or accidental file corruption or deletion. All members of the community are strongly encouraged to save any files that cannot afford to be lost to their NetFiles storage space.

The file server may be accessed from any computer that has network connectivity. It is similar to DropBox or other on-line storage services - and it's completely free.

  • Space: 20GB of storage are allotted to each personal share.
  • Connecting On-Campus: Map your NetFiles storage space as a network drive to access it easily from your computer on campus
  • Connecting from Off Campus: You MUST connect via a file transfer client application and use Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) to access your NetFiles storage space from off campus. You can also use an SFTP client to connect to NetFiles from campus.
  • Personal website: You can also set up a personal website on your NetFiles directory.
  • Backups: NetFiles makes daily copies of each stored file, called snapshots. These snapshots are user-accessible so you can retrieve your own files from a previous version. Some basic instructions on accessing the Snapshot folders is available here.
  • Transition to NetFiles FAQ