IT Services
File storage
All staff and students at Sussex have an allocation of file space to store documents and data. Files stored on the central systems are backed up daily and are often
Your personal directory
All staff and students have a personal directory. You can use this location to store your files and data and you can get access to it from computers on the campus, or from home.
Windows N: drives
On Windows desktop PCs on the campus, your personal files are generally stored in the N: drive. This includes your Documents, Desktop and Downloads folders.
Mac users
If you login to one of the Mac computers in the Library or Shawcross, you will see your personal files in your home directory. This is the equivalent of the N: drive on PCs. If you launch Finder and see a home location with your IT username (e.g. ano23), then you can click on it to get access to your personal files.
Staff Macs don't always follow the same pattern - if you don't have a home directory labelled with your username, you will need to connect to it manually.
Group directories
Staff also use group directories for files that need to be shared with other people. Access can be restricted to designated teams or groups. On most campus PCs, any group folders to which you have access will be shown under the G: drive.
Staff in schools can also get access to their G: drive files from off-campus. However, G: drives for staff in central administration teams are only available from staff PCs on the campus.
Access to staff G: drives from Macs
For information on how to connect to staff N: and G: drives from a Mac, please see our FAQ:
Access to your files from off-campus
You can read or edit your files wherever you are.
More info
Windows file storage methods used at Sussex:
Personal N:drives
Everybody with a University username and password automatically has a space on the N:drive to store files and documents and you can access it using Documents on a PC in an office or cluster room.
Group G:drives
Schools, departments, professional service units and staff working in teams can also use group G:drives to store files and data that can then be accessed by other users.
Updated on 12 February 2013