Staff Filestore
Staff Individual Filestore
How much do I get?
The default quota is 2GB. You can request an increase from the default 2GB to 3GB by e-mailing our Service Desk if all of the space is required for storing work-related files.
If you wish to increase the quota above that, you must contact your local IT Support, or for staff in departments directly supported by IT Services, our Service Desk. They will check if the increase has a legitimate business reason, checking with their SITC for guidance where necessary. The local IT Support contact will contact our Service desk stating the person affected, the amount of storage required, and the business reason.
Any increases over 5GB must be confirmed by IT Services to ensure that storage is available. Any challenge will go to the appropriate Head of School or Department.
How do I check what I'm already using?
On Staff Windows 7 service computers, open Documents. In the left-hand navigation pane click the expand triangle so that My Documents appears below. Right click My Documents and select Properties. Look for Size on Disk.
On other Windows computers, open My Computer or Computer, right click username on 'staff-fs\dept-staff-home' (U:) and select Properties. Look for Used space.
How do I manage my space?
See our Managing your space web page.
Connecting to your Individual File Store from Windows
Your Individual File Store will already be automatically connected as Documents from a Computer Lab or from a Staff Windows 7 Service computer.
Your Individual File Store will already be automatically connected as U: drive from a Staff Desktop XP computer.
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Click on the Start button, select Computer or My Computer with the right mouse button.
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On the pop up menu, select Map Network Drive...
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On the Map Network Drive screen, in the Drive: drop down box, select U:
In the Folder: drop down box students need to type:
\\stud-fs.lboro.ac.uk\deptcode-student-home\username
Where deptcode is your two-character department code (usually the first two characters of your user name), and username is your University user name.Staff and Research Postgraduates must type:
\\staff-fs.lboro.ac.uk\deptcode-staff-home\username
Where deptcode is your two-character department code (usually the first two characters of your username), and username is your University username.In either case, click the box Reconnect at logon. This will ensure that the connection is restored every time you turn your computer on.
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Click Finish.
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The Enter Network Password window will appear, type in lunet\username (where username is your University username), and your University password.
Note: if you don't know your University password, it is available from IT Services' Service Desk or PC Clinic or the University Library.
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Your U: drive will now be mapped to your Individual File Store and labelled U:\.
Connecting to your Individual File Store from OS X
This is very useful for backing up your essential course work. This can also be accessed from Computer Labs and the Library if you are working there.
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Click on the Go menu from your desktop and select Connect to Server and type the URL:
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smb://stud-fs/deptname-student-home/username for students OR
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smb://stsff-fs/deptname-staff-home/username for staff and research postgraduates
Where deptname is your two letter department code (e.g. hu) and where username is your user identifier (e.g. huabc).
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Then click Connect and fill in the appropriate entries:
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Workgroup/Domain should be LUNET.
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Username should be your user identifier (e.g. huabc).
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Password should be your password.
Note: if you don't know your University (Active Directory) password, it is available from IT Services' Service Desk or PC Clinic or the University Library.
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- Once connected, your central filestore will be mounted as a network volume and it will be visible on your desktop. In order to make it quicker and easier to remount in future you could make an alias to your volume or add it to your favourites.
I want to access this from off-campus
The best way to access network disk space from off-campus on your own computer is to use the AnyConnect VPN client. If you can't install the client (e.g. you are in an Internet Cafe) there is also a web-based service providing for off-campus access to files on network disk space. To use this Web File Access service, direct your browser to https://wfa.lboro.ac.uk.