Newcastle University

Filestore Resources for Computing Officers

This web page is intended for Computing Officers who manage Filestore resources and IT Systems for other users.

Form for requesting use of the Shared, Scratch or Temp Filestores

To request the use these services please complete this short form.

Additional Filestore Services

• Software Storage Service - ISS Provides a high availability repository for packaged software, electronic installation media, scripts and other components for deployment and reference on University Computers.
  
• Scratch Storage Service - ISS Provides a network based 'Scratch' storage service for uses such as temporary storage for disk images, editing large media files, software package testing etc.
• Temp Storage Service - ISS Provides a network based Temporary or 'Temp' storage service for uses such as temporary storage for drivers and updates.

Filestore Best Practices

The Windows Infrastructure Team write a series of blog posts concerning Filestore best practices.

1. Don't give full permissions unless you really need to!
2. Consider turning OFF offline files on Desktop Machines
3. Only ever assign group permissions even if the group has only one member!

Guides and Notices

• Using DFS (Distributed File System) Paths on the Shared Filestore Service
• Correctly Deleting Windows Profiles
• Troubleshoot Offline Files
• Provision Windows Shares for Macs
• Understand Advanced NTFS Permissions

Useful Tools

These tools can also be found at \\campus\software\ISS\Public

• WinDirStat - You can use WinDirStat to give you a graphical representation of folder usage.
• Robocopy (built-in to Windows Vista\7 and Server 2008) is designed for reliable mirroring of directories or directory trees. It has features to ensure all NTFS attributes and properties are copied, and includes additional restart code for network connections subject to disruption.

Support

All requests for further support or advice with Filestore Services should be made via the IT Service Desk