Student Organizations within the Cockrell School of Engineering are eligible for 10 GB of file space on the Austin Disk file server within the engr$ share.
To request file space for your organization, please complete this request form. Please include the UT EID's of those people in your group who need access. As officers and members change, please send a request to the Service Desk to update who can have access to your files.
Accessing Your Organization's File Space
Off Campus Access
VPN (Virtual Private Network) is required to access your Student Organization file space from off campus. Learn more about VPN.
On Campus Access
If you are accessing your Student Organization file space from an on campus machine that is NOT in the Austin domain, you will need to install some software from Bevoware in order to connect to the server with a secure connection. For more details, please see, Connecting Securely to austin.utexas.edu (Windows).
SFTP Access
You may also access your organization's directory via SFTP. Please consult our SFTP page for more detailed instructions. If you are using SFTP from off campus, you do not need to use VPN.
Quick Access to Storage from On or Off Campus (UNC Path)
- If off campus, connect with VPN first.
- Select Start >Run
- Enter the UNC path of your folder, \\disk.austin.utexas.edu\engr$\studentorgs\yourGroup
- A window will popup asking for your username and password.
Use your UT EID and password.
- If you are on campus, your UTEID must be prepended by "austin\", for example, austin\yourUTEID
- If you are off campus using VPN, your UTEID must be prepended by "austin.utexas.edu\", for example, austin.utexas.edu\yourUTEID.
Mapping a drive from On or Off Campus
- If off campus, connect with VPN first.
- Right-click on the "My Computer" icon on the desktop.
- Highlight "Map Network Drive." Left-click on it.
- In the box labeled "Path:" type \\disk.austin.utexas.edu\engr$\studentorgs\yourGroup where yourGroup is your ENGR group folder.
- You will be asked for a username and password. Use your UT EID and
password.
- If you are on campus, your UTEID must be prepended by "austin\", for example, austin\yourUTEID.
- If you are off campus using VPN, your UTEID must be prepended by "austin.utexas.edu\", for example, austin.utexas.edu\yourUTEID.
Disk Quotas: 10 GB
If you are unable to save anything, you are most likely over quota and you will need to delete some files to bring your folder under quota again.
To check your folder size, highlight everything in the Windows Explorer window and select ALT-ENTER. You will see the total amount of space used on the drive. If it's greater than 10 GBs, then the system won't let you save anything until you bring that down below 10 GBs.
Backup & Restore
The Austin Disk File Server is backed up in case of catastrophic failure. In the event of accidental or unexpected data loss you can restore a file or folder that has been deleted or a previous version of a file that has become corrupt. Please see Campus Data Storage on austin.utexas.edu for details.