Engram: Three Storage Levels: Quick Technical Summary
Please Note: Engram now using a single storage level: Locker
Please note: Engram storage has unified to a single storage level: Locker as of 7/1/2022.
The information on this page is kept for historical purposes only and is deprecated.
Engram: Three Storage Levels: Quick Technical Summary
Locker storage level
Name | locker |
Total available storage space | 1144 TB |
Purpose | Longer-term |
Use Cases | For storing data you don't need to work on every day but still need immediate access to. |
Type of share | Windows Drive (Windows Share / SMB / CIFS) |
Backed Up | Yes |
Periodic Backup Copy Offsite | Yes |
How To Connect The Drive (Mac) | smb://ADCU\UNI@locker-smb.engram.rc.zi.columbia.edu:/<YourLabShare> (Full Instructions With Screenshots ) |
How To Connect The Drive (Windows) | \\locker-smb.engram.rc.zi.columbia.edu\<YourLabShare> (Full Instructions With Screenshots ) |
How To Connect The Drive (on Linux) | sudo mount -t cifs -o vers=2.1,username=UNI,domain=ADCU //locker-smb.engram.rc.zi.columbia.edu/<YourLabShare> /mount-directory |
Username / Password | UNI / UNI password |
Staging Storage Level (staging)
Name | staging |
Total available storage space | 219 TB |
Purpose | High performance |
Use Cases | For performing computing and analytics on data from multiple servers. |
Type of Network Share | Windows Drive (Windows Share / SMB / CIFS) |
Backed Up | Not automatically but possible. If you need your network drive backed up please contact us. |
Periodic Backup Copy Offsite | Not automatically but possible. If you need your network drive backup to be periodically moved offsite please contact us. |
How To Connect The Drive (Mac) | smb://ADCU\UNI@staging-smb.engram.rc.zi.columbia.edu:/<YourLabShare> (Full Instructions With Screenshots ) |
How To Connect The Drive (on Windows) | \\staging-smb.engram.rc.zi.columbia.edu\<YourLabShare> (Full Instructions With Screenshots ) |
How To Connect The Drive (on Linux) | sudo mount -t cifs -o vers=2.1,username=UNI,domain=ADCU //staging-smb.engram.rc.zi.columbia.edu/<YourLabShare> /mount-directory |
Username / Password | UNI / UNI password |
General Storage Level (labshare)
Name | labshare |
Total available storage space | 673 TB |
Purpose | General purpose |
Use Cases | For every-day use, data collection, sharing, simple analytics. Data you access frequently and don't need to run heavy computation on. |
Type of Share | Windows Drive (Windows Share / SMB / CIFS) |
Backed Up | Yes |
Periodic Backup Copy Offsite | Yes |
How To Connect The Drive (Mac) | smb://ADCU\UNI@labshare-smb.engram.rc.zi.columbia.edu:/<YourLabShare> (Full Instructions With Screenshots ) |
How To Connect The Drive (Windows) | \\labshare-smb.engram.rc.zi.columbia.edu\<YourLabShare> (Full Instructions With Screenshots ) |
How To Connect The Drive (on Linux) | sudo mount -t cifs -o vers=2.1,username=UNI,domain=ADCU //labshare-smb.engram.rc.zi.columbia.edu/<YourLabShare> /mount-directory |
Username / Password | UNI / UNI password |