Service Description
ITS offers a CIFS (Common Information File System) file storage solution. The CIFS protocol is natively supported on the Windows and Mac platforms.
- File storage solution hosted on an enterprise storage appliance
- Security model is managed through Active Directory (ad.unc.edu)
- Distributed management allows for delegation of departmental administration
- Point in time snapshots - users can perform their one data restores accessed natively through Windows machines.
- Backup and Recovery - The environment is backed up daily to encrypted tapes both on and offsite. Data is retained for 90 days post deletion OR for 5 versions of a given file.
ITS hosts this service on an enterprise class storage appliance.
Hours of Availability
This service is available 24x7.
Customer
Campus departments
Customer Responsibilities
Responsible use of the storage. The environment is NOT a solution for sensitive data.
How Do We Charge
$8 per gigabyte charged annually
How To Request More Information On Or Request The Service
Please see our web site: http://its.sites.unc.edu/infrastructure/infrastructure-and-operations/enterprise-storage-management/cifs/
Submit a Remedy request to ITS-Enterprise-Storage