Is my home directory backed up?

Owned by Marc Miller
Last updated: Aug 07, 2018Version comment
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Problem

This article only refers to the CSIL, Linux and CSTL computers.

You wish to know if your CSIL/Linux home directory data is backed up.

Solution

Short answer

Yes.

Long Answer

Your CSIL/Linux home directory is a network shared resource, which is backed up.

As long as you are connecting on one of the CSIL, CSTL or Linux machines, any work done on those machines are saved to a network shared resource and is backed up nightly.

Restoring...

If you need a file restored, please contact help@engineering.ucsb.edu.

NOTE

We currently do not have the means to restore files that were created on the same day there were deleted.

Data restoration can take up to 24 hours.