COE File Server♯
CTS hosts operational file storage for the College of Engineering and its academic departments on files.coe.drexel.edu.
Looking for research file storage?
Locating your files♯
Depending on what you have access to, files can be found at the following locations. Please note that any words in {curly brackets} are placeholders and must be replaced with the appropriate information. If you do not know what to replace it with, simply leave it off entirely. You will see all of the folders within the share that you have access to.
Administrative Data for the College and Academic Departments♯
\\files.coe.drexel.edu\administrative\{department}
Faculty and Staff Personal Folders♯
\\files.coe.drexel.edu\faculty\{username}
\\files.coe.drexel.edu\staff\{username}
New faculty or staff folder provisioning
Because of the availability of CrashPlan for data backups and OneDrive for multi-device file syncing, new folders for faculty and staff are no longer automatically created but are still available upon request.
Photo Share♯
\\files.coe.drexel.edu\photos
Software Share♯
\\files.coe.drexel.edu\software (more info)
Research Groups, Student Organizations, & Senior Design Teams♯
These shares are hosted on researchfiles.coe.drexel.edu.
- Research Groups
\\researchfiles.coe.drexel.edu\data\{group name} - Student Groups
\\researchfiles.coe.drexel.edu\student groups\{student org name} - Senior Design Groups
\\researchfiles.coe.drexel.edu\senior design\{student org name}
Storage Quotas♯
| Use | Quota |
|---|---|
| Administrative | Unlimited |
| Faculty / Staff | 1TB |
| Research Groups | 10TB |
| Student Groups | 5TB |
| Design Groups | 5TB |
Quota increases
The quotas listed above are designed to be reasonable limits for most uses. If a valid need exists to raise a quota, please contact us to discuss details.
Request access to an existing folder or the creation of a new folder♯
To either request access to an existing folder or the creation of a new folder, please contact us. We may require approval from the folder's owner / maintainer before we grant the requested permissions.