File Server

Our file server, a Drobo FS, provides access to the public as well as collaborators. It is at available at mimic.stanford.edu. There are currently several shares: ‘Public,‘ which is publicly accessible (read only), and password-protected shares ‘group,‘ for internal file sharing, ‘friends’ for collaborators, and a variety for BioE 45/MI 245, ‘Computational Modeling of Microbial Communities.’

Usage guidelines:

1. •mimic is intended for sharing; please do not use it to store data unless multiple persons need access to that data. Please check with Gabriel BIllings before uploading more than 50GB of data.
   

2. •Respect other people’s files: do not delete/modify them without permission
   

3. •When uploading files, please name files and folders clearly--e.g. ‘Jack’s data for Jill’ rather than ‘data_542123’
   

4. •The Drobo has single-disk redundancy, but you should still backup your data to an independent source.
   

Instructions for access:

Web access: for read-only access to public files, click here for the web interface.

Cluster access: Shares are accessible from bryantlab3 (aka storm), but no other nodes. You can find them in the folder /mimic

Windows access:

Right click on ‘My Computer,’ and select ‘Map Network Drive.’ Select a convenient drive letter, and then enter ‘\\mimic.stanford.edu\<sharename>,’ substituting the appropriate share for <sharename> (e.g. ‘group’). If necessary, you will be prompted for login credentials. The share should now be mounted on the drive letter you selected. If you select ‘Reconnect at logon,’ the share will automatically mount at login.

Mac access:

Select a Finder window, and select ‘Go->Connect to Server’ in the menu bar. In the ‘Server Address’ box, type ‘smb://mimic.stanford.edu’ or ‘afp://mimic.stanford.edu.’ Enter your login credentials (or select ‘Guest’ access), and select the share(s) you would like to mount. For more persistent access: create a shortcut to the share by going to your desktop; right click on the share, and select ‘Make Alias.’ Clicking on the shortcut will then take you to the share, and mount it if it is not already mounted.

*nix access:

Details will vary depending on OS/distribution. Try searching for something like ‘mount smb <distribution>.’ Some distributions have a GUI based mounting options; for others, you will need to mount from the command line, e.g. ‘mount -t cifs //mimic.stanford.edu/<sharename>-o username=<username> <mountpoint>’. You may need to install the appropriate Samba client before mounting. To mount on startup, you can modify /etc/fstab or create a cron job.

Please contact Gabriel Billings with any questions