This article is written for people who wish to access storage they have purchased via the Research Computing Group (RCG).
If you are uncertain whether your lab has purchased storage with RCG, please talk to your faculty member.
If you are faculty looking to purchase research storage, please send a request to research-support@sfu.ca.
Connecting to Research Storage on Windows Clients
Start by opening Windows File Explorer. (No, not Internet Explorer!) In the address bar at the top of the Windows Explorer window, type:
\\rcga-bluebell.dc.sfu.ca\your_lab_share_name
or
\\rcga-bluebell.dc.sfu.ca\ (to see all available shares)
and hit “Enter”. If your Windows computer is bound to ADSFU, then a window should open showing all the shares on rcga-bluebell.dc.sfu.ca.
Use your SFU computing ID and password if prompted, and prefix your username with “ADSFU\”. For example, if your username is “maryjane”, then type:
ADSFU\maryjane
into the “User name” field of the “Enter Network Password” dialog box, and use your SFU Computing password (the same one you use for SFU Mail).
Connecting to Research Storage on macOS Clients
Open the Finder. From the Go menu choose "Connect to Server…”.
Type the following into the “Server Address” field:
smb://rcga-bluebell.dc.sfu.ca/your_lab_share_name
or
smb://rcga-bluebell.dc.sfu.ca (to see all available shares)
then click the [Connect] button. Enter your SFU computing ID and password when prompted.
Accessing Your Research Home Directory
Follow the directions above with your username as the share name. For example, if your SFU computing ID billybob, then it will be accessible at:
Windows: \\rcga-bluebell.dc.sfu.ca\billybob
macOS: smb://rcga-bluebell.dc.sfu.ca/billybob
Remote Access to Research Storage
The SFU VPN enables remote access to SFU file servers via rcga-bluebell.dc.sfu.ca.
You can browse available shares from off-campus by connecting to the SFU VPN and following the directions listed in the previous two sections.
If you are asked to authenticate, use ADSFU\<userid> as your username and your SFU computing account password.