SAMBA (Network drive)

SAMBA allows one to connect to (or “mount”) their home and project directories on their local computer.

Warning

This method of accessing your RCC home and project space is only available from within the UChicago campus network. From off-campus, you will need to first connect through the UChicago VPN.

Tip

While transferring large files and/or datasets over SAMBA may be appealing, it slows file transfer for all other users. Please use Globus for large transfers.

Connecting from Windows

On a Windows computer, select “Map Network Drive” and enter one of the following UNC paths depending on which location on Midway you wish to connect to:

Midway2, DaLIMidway3, Midway3-AMD, MidwaySSDBeagle3

HomeProject2ScratchCDSCDS2

\\midwaysmb.rcc.uchicago.edu\homes

\\midwaysmb.rcc.uchicago.edu\project2

\\midwaysmb.rcc.uchicago.edu\midway2-scratch

\\midwaysmb.rcc.uchicago.edu\cds

Note

CDS storage can be mapped via Samba upon PI's request only.

\\midwaysmb.rcc.uchicago.edu\cds2

Note

CDS2 storage can be mapped via Samba upon PI's request only.

HomeProjectScratchCDS3

\\midway3smb1.rcc.uchicago.edu\homes

\\midway3smb1.rcc.uchicago.edu\project

\\midway3smb1.rcc.uchicago.edu\midway3-scratch

\\midway3smb1.rcc.uchicago.edu\cds3

Home (Midway3 Mirror)ProjectScratchCDS3

\\midway3smb1.rcc.uchicago.edu\homes

\\midway3smb1.rcc.uchicago.edu\beagle3

\\midway3smb1.rcc.uchicago.edu\beagle3-scratch

\\midway3smb1.rcc.uchicago.edu\cds3

Enter ADLOCAL\CNetID for the username and enter your CNetID password.

Connecting from macOS

On a macOS X computer, select “Connect to Server” (from "Go" dropdown in Finder) and enter one of the following URLs depending on which location on Midway you wish to connect to:

Midway2, DaLIMidway3, Midway3-AMD, MidwaySSDBeagle3

HomeProject2ScratchCDSCDS2

smb://midwaysmb.rcc.uchicago.edu/homes

smb://midwaysmb.rcc.uchicago.edu/project2

smb://midwaysmb.rcc.uchicago.edu/midway2-scratch

smb://midwaysmb.rcc.uchicago.edu/cds

Note

CDS storage can be mapped via Samba upon PI's request only.

smb://midwaysmb.rcc.uchicago.edu/cds2

Note

CDS2 storage can be mapped via Samba upon PI's request only.

HomeProjectScratchCDS3

smb://midway3smb1.rcc.uchicago.edu/homes

smb://midway3smb1.rcc.uchicago.edu/project

smb://midway3smb1.rcc.uchicago.edu/midway3-scratch

smb://midway3smb1.rcc.uchicago.edu/cds3

Home (Midway3 Mirror)ProjectScratchCDS3

smb://midway3smb1.rcc.uchicago.edu/homes

smb://midway3smb1.rcc.uchicago.edu/beagle3

smb://midway3smb1.rcc.uchicago.edu/beagle3-scratch

smb://midway3smb1.rcc.uchicago.edu/cds3

Enter ADLOCAL\CNetID for the username and enter your CNetID password.