So you've got a 2 gigabyte data file that you need to send to a colleague, it's at the office, you're at home. What are you going to do? These pages have the answers.
As IT support for the College of Arts and Sciences, we are continually asked questions about the best ways of moving files from point a to point b, how to securely back up important documents, and how to access files from home, from the office, when travelling or all three combined. There are at least two different storage spaces available to you (Active Directory and Zoo), as well as several different methods of getting access to each. Here are directions on accessing each, organized by platform with brief background information.
Please begin by selecting your platform (Windows XP, Windows Vista, MacOS or any Web Browser) from the menu on the left.
As you are probably already aware, we do not recommend email as a tool for file transfer. At UVM, if you use email to send a file:
Combine these facts and it becomes pretty much impossible to use email for transferring anything but small files.
If you are trying to provide a file larger than 10 Megabytes to someone outside of UVM, or you are a non-UVMer trying to send a file to a UVM affiliate, Active Directory and Zoo storage space are not available options. In that case you should use the UVM File Transfer web site. Directions for use are right on the main page of the site.
You could always use a USB thumb drive, an external drive, or burn the files to a CD or DVD. However these methods all have limitations: you could lose the media, they require user participation, or they could fail, get scratched or damaged. For important documents and data, it's best to use several different methods of storage and backup in order to ensure that you avoid disaster.
Last modified September 24 2009 05:40 PM
