Windows 11 and folder redirection
In Windows 11 following specific Windows folders are 'redirected' into your D-ITET home account:
- Desktop -> folder in home: MSDesktop
- Documents -> folder in home: MSDocuments
- Music -> folder in home: MSMusic
- Pictures -> folder in home: MSPictures
- Videos -> folder in home: MSVideos
All these folders are viewable via 'Windows Explorer' -> 'This PC' (on the left side in "Quick Access" and also in the right side general overview):
You can verify the source of the data by right-clicking on the folder, then choose 'Properties'. In the upcoming window you'll see the
location of the folder, which is in your home directory "\\verdi.ee.ethz.ch\<username>". E.g. for 'Desktop' it looks like this:
This results in following consequences:
1) All data stored in there will be backuped
2) All data stored in there will burden your home quota!
But ATTENTION!
Windows arranges a second - different - set of 'Desktop', 'Documents', 'Videos', etc. folders in your local home, the path is: "C:\Users\<username"
These folders are stored LOCALLY on the machines harddisk. This can also be verified by right-clicking -> Properties:
This means for these folder no backup exists! Or in other words, when the harddisk fails, the data is lost.
How much data in your home?
50 GB of data in your home directory should be the absolut maximum!
home dir should mainly be used for documents. Big amounts of data, which are important for a project, should be stored in a 'project account'.
Ask your Institut coordinator, he can advise accordingly. Big amounts of reproduceable, less important data can be stored in 'scratch' (available in Windows and Linux).
Here's an overview of different storage possibilities at D-ITET:
https://computing.ee.ethz.ch/Services/StorageOverview
Offline folders for laptop users
In case of laptops all five above mentioned redirected folders are accessible offline via the "offline folders" function. The syncronization will be done by "Sync Center",
which is available over a taskbar icon.