NDLI: Network based storage: getting students to actually use it

Content Provider	ACM Digital Library
Author	Chen, Allan
Abstract	The Academic Computing department at Stanford University has worked on implementing an effective network storage strategy for some time. Students need to be able to access their files in our labs, in their rooms, and even off campus. While removable media in the form of floppy then Zip discs and now USB "thumbdrives" have filled this need to an extent, it is still critical to offer a reliable network option. Central IT has offered a network storage solution for a number of years, but achieving wide-spread use through reliable means has been difficult. They have offered and/or built tools ranging from simple FTP to modified versions of proprietary clients to students to access their home folders. However, it was not until very recently that use of this service has increased. The biggest factor in this change was not simply that the methods for access matured, but that we have designed our desktop experience to make such access seamless and invisible. This, in turn, has encouraged students to use this single solution across campus, in our clusters and on their own machines.
Starting Page	55
Ending Page	59
Page Count	5
File Format	PDF
ISBN	1595934383
DOI	10.1145/1181216.1181229
Language	English
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Publisher Date	2006-11-05
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Network storage Transparency Seamlessness Implementation
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
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9	IDR Setup or Support	Queries related to establishment and support of Institutional Digital Repository (IDR) and IDR workshops	idr@ndl.gov.in

Network based storage: getting students to actually use it