Ñý¼§Ö±²¥Research Core Storage (Ceph)

The Ceph storage is available for Ñý¼§Ö±²¥researchers and can be accessed via your desktop machine or via the vHPC.  Please note, this storage solution is not meant for sensitive or confidential data.

If you have a billable acccount or have requested a voucher and you have requested the storage service, there has been a namespace clreated for your project on the storage cluster.  Use the help below to connect to your storage space.

  • UITS offers general support for and users to connect to network shares.

    In general terms, once you are connected through the VPN, you can "map a network drive" in the Windows File Explorer.

    Pick the Drive letter you want to map to.

    For folder, use \\cephprdsmb01.kennesaw.edu/cephfs\ceph-your_project_name
  • UITS offers a general article for users to connect to network shares.

    Once connected to the Ñý¼§Ö±²¥VPN, use the  Finder-> Go menu and click the "Connect to Server"

    For the path, use:
    smb://cephprdsmb01.kennesaw.edu/cephfs/ceph-your_project_name

  • Ubuntu offers support for connecting to a SMB share. 

    In general, adding support for cifs to your distribution should allow you to mount a SMB share.

    Use this path for mapping:
    smb://cephprdsmb01.kennesaw.edu/cephfs/ceph-your_project_name

  • To access your project workspace storage on the vHPC, navigate to /ccstar/your-project-name.

    To create a symlink,