The university automatically provides individual file storage for all admitted and registered students, including graduate students, instructors, researchers and employees on Cabinet to store their data and information.

In this section

• Benefits of using Cabinet
• Access Files with PAWS
• Access Files from iPad, iPod or iPhone
• Map/Mount a Drive
• Check Your Quota
• Restore Your Files
• Protect Your Files

Features

Secure

Access to all file services requires an NSID (Network Services ID) and password.

Convenient Access

From student computer labs

• All student computer lab machines have a network drive that, once you are logged in, is automatically mapped to your Cabinet account. Most computer labs use Drive V. Education, Health Sciences and Engineering Labs use Drive H. 

From your own computer on campus

• Access Cabinet directly from your laptop or desktop computer via a mapped drive. (Note you only have to map the drive once; after that you will be connected automatically to Cabinet.)
• You may also access Cabinet online through "My Files" on the PAWS portal. 

From off campus

There are several ways to access Cabinet from off campus:

• Map or mount a permanent drive on your computer to Cabinet using the Off-Campus File Service Gateway.
• Alternatively, if you have a Virtual Private Network (VPN) established with the campus network you may map a drive to Cabinet on your home computer or laptop as if you were on campus.

• Connect through PAWS using any Internet connection.

Reliable

Files are stored on a server cluster that has built-in fail-safe systems and is upgraded on a monthly basis. This system helps to ensure reliable access to files 24 hours a day, seven days a week. In addition, files are backed up nightly and are available for retrieval for up to six weeks.

Flexible Disk Quota

All students, instructors, researchers, and employees receive an initial disk quota of 2 Gigabytes (GB) of storage space on Cabinet.

The maximum disk quota is 20 GB. To request a quota increase, contact your local IT support staff or the ICT Help Desk (email help.desk@usask.ca).

You can check your quota to see how much space you have available.

Scanned for Viruses

Files stored on Cabinet are scanned for viruses on a weekly basis. If a virus is found, the file is cleaned and a notice is sent to the owner of the file informing them that a virus was found and cleaned. If the file cannot be cleaned, the file is renamed and a message is sent to the owner indicating that the file is infected and that "INFECTED" has been added to the file name.