This page is a guide to where to store research data.
When looking for the most suitable storage, there are several issues to consider. They are usually related - for example faster storage will be more expensive than slow storage, and redundant storage will cost more than a single disk. The old joke that "your storage can be fast, reliable or cheap; pick two out of the three" applies, but with many more than three factors to consider:
This is a quick guide which suggests how to negotiate the twisty maze of Informatics mailing lists.
Every user of Informatics AFS filespace has a maximum AFS quota (see AFS Quotas for details) and a current quota. To make best use of our disk space, we do not give everyone their maximum quota all at once. Instead we grow their current quota as their disk usage increases.
Please note that we now STRONGLY RECOMMENDED that you use the version of Kerberos which comes as part of the Auristor OpenAFS client and follow the procedure detailed in AFS for Windows to obtain Kerberos credentials and (optionally) AFS tokens. If you have an urgent query, please contact us through the support form
Download the appropriate installer from Secure Endpoints:
The School Git/Gerrit service is no longer available,Any existing repositories have been migrated away or deleted.
The original, CVS based, Informatics web site uses SSI (Server Side Includes) headers and footers to give the pages a look and feel consistent with what was the College look at the time. However we've yet to update the SSIs with the most recent styling refresh.
Any web page that is based on the recommended template /template.html will get that look.
CVS "tags" the file with the version number.
The Informatics Web Service was originally designed at the beginning of 1999. The Web Working Group supervised the design process, the details on their pages and in their mailing list archive may help to explain the background to many of the decisions made concerning the site.
If the question you wanted to ask isn't covered here, then please check the other documentation as well.