Maximum allowed disk space

• When a CAE account is created, it is given a base allotment of 10 GB.

• College of Engineering undergrads and grad students are given additional 15 GB (25 GB total).
• CoE faculty/staff get an additional 40 GB to the base allotment (50 GB total).

• Other factors that affect allotment include special course requirements and purchased disk space.

Checking current vs. maximum disk usage

Although there are a few ways to check your disk space from Windows and Linux machines, CAE suggests checking from your CAE account page.

This is the easiest way, just access this link from any computer: https://account.my.cae.wisc.edu/disk

Emptying Trash

One useful tool is Windows Trash Analysis, great for clearing clutter. Unless your trashed files (Recycle Bin in Windows) are emptied, they still count against your disk quota.

To find large files in your file space, please refer to KB article [Link for document 17845 is unavailable at this time]

When you are in a CAE Windows lab, your files can be found on your I drive. In CAE Linux labs, this same space will be your default home directory.

How to map your CAE home directory

• Windows

1. Open "File Explorer" (Folder Icon in taskbar, otherwise under start menu)

 

2. Right Click "This PC" on the sidebar and click "Map network drive"

3. In "Drive:" enter any available letter

4. In "Folder:" enter \\files.cae.wisc.edu\[login_name_first_initial]\[login_name].  (For example, for the account johndoe, the path is \\files.cae.wisc.edu\j\johndoe.) 

    Please check the "Connect using different credentials" box to make sure you can sign in with your CAE credentials.  If you only want to have to do this once, choose the checkbox "Reconnect at sign-in."

5. When prompted for your login name and password, be sure to use your CAE login, with the ENGR domain specified before. It should look like: ENGR\johndoe

6. Click "Finish."

• MacOS X

1. From Finder, press Command+K
2. Enter the path to your directory: smb://files.cae.wisc.edu/[login_name_first_initial]/[login_name]
3. Click "Connect"
4. Enter your CAE login and password, with the ENGR domain specified, e.g. ENGR\johndoe, and click "OK"
5. The drive is now mounted, however it will disappear when you reboot. To enable persistence do the following:
6. Go to System Preferences from the Apple menu
7. Click on "Accounts" then "Login Items"
8. Click the + button to add another login item
9. Locate the CAE drive you just added, and select "Add"
10. Exit out of system preferences

You can see how much disk space you have available, and view a detailed analysis of the files in your Unix/Windows home directory, on the CAE My Account page under "Disk Space".

1. Select the folder where the file used to be. Right-click and select "Properties."

 

2. Click on the tab labeled "Previous Versions."

3. Option 1: Here, click on the date you want to recover from, and click on "Open."

Then, you can find the specific file you want to restore, right click on it, and click "Undo Delete."

Creating a Group Filespace

CAE now offers the option to create your own group filespace on our servers. Students, faculty, and staff with active CAE accounts are eligible to create groupspaces. To check your groupspace quota, and to see all of the groupspaces you already belong to, follow this link.

1.  To create a group filespace, you must first create a group that will have access to the filespace. If you already have the desired group created, you can skip this step. You can create a group by following these instructions.

2.  Once your group is created, go back to the groupspace page.

3.  Click on "Create New Groupspace".

Editing and Deleting Group Filespaces

1. To edit or delete a group filespace, navigate to the groupspace page.

2. You will see a list of all of the groups you are a member of. For groups that you have administrative rights to, you will see links to "Edit" "Change Owner" and "Delete" in the Actions column on the right side of the screen.

3. Click the appropriate link. The "Edit" link will allow you to increase or decrease the allocated quota for the groupspace.  "Change Owner" will allow you to transfer ownership to another user in the group. "Delete" will allow you to delete the groupspace entirely.

4. You will now need to log out, then log back in for Windows to recognize the changes to the groupspace (Windows only).

Note: If you need to modify the group that has access to a given groupspace, please see these instructions: Changing Ownership of a Group and Adding members to a Group

Getting to your Coursespaces

Managing your Coursespaces