Home Directory Default Storage Quota

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This article contains an overview of home directory servers and their storage quotas.

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UTD has several home directory servers with different default quotas for staff / faculty / students depending on their major, department, or other associations. Detailed here are the various home directory servers UTD maintains, their default storage quotas, and the Unix or Windows paths to access them.

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MARS

Default home directory if no other servers are applicable

  • Unix: /home/mars
  • Windows: \\mars.utdallas.edu
  • Quota: 10GB (Students / Staff / Faculty) - no storage quota increases are granted
  • Maintenance is performed every 18 weeks (end of the semester). Old data is purged from removed users.

REGEX

Home directory for OIT staff / faculty

  • Unix: /home/regex
  • Windows: \\regex.utdallas.edu
  • Quota: 20GB (OIT Faculty / Staff Only)

AXON

Home directory for Behavioral and Brain Sciences

  • Unix: /home/axon
  • Windows: \\axon.utdallas.edu
  • Quota: 2TB (Faculty / Staff / some students)

MALTHUS

Home directory for Economic, Political, and Policy Sciences

  • Unix: /home/malthus
  • Windows: \\mathlus.utdallas.edu
  • Quota: No Limit (Faculty / Staff Only)

ENGSTOR

Home directory for engineering

  • Unix: /home/engstor
  • Windows: \\engstor.utdallas.edu
  • Quota: Students - 3GB, TAs - 4GB, Staff - 6GB, Faculty - 10GB

HOPPER

Home directory for computer science

  • Unix: /people
  • Windows: \\grace.campus.ad.utdallas.edu
  • Quota: No Limit
  • Maintenance is performed every 18 weeks (end of the semester). Old data is purged from removed users.

UU

Home directory for Natural Sciences and Mathematics

  • Linux: /net/uu
  • Windows: N/A
  • Quota: Varies by department

For any questions regarding home directories, please contact the OIT Service Desk.

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Article ID: 848
Created
Wed 5/18/22 3:40 PM
Modified
Mon 10/21/24 12:49 PM