KSU Research Core Storage (Ceph)

The Ceph storage is available for KSU researchers and can be accessed via your desktop machine or via the vHPC.  Please note, this storage solution is not meant for sensitive or confidential data.

If you have a billable account or have requested a voucher and you have requested the storage service, there has been a namespace created for your project on the storage cluster.  Use the help below to connect to your storage space.
    • UITS offers general support for Windows 10 and Windows 11 users to connect to network shares.

      Quick Instructions:
    • Login to your Windows machine with the Other User option.  Use WIN\your_NetID or your ksu email for User name.
    • Enter your NetID password
    • Once logged in, be sure you are connected to the vpn-groups portal.
    • You can "map a network drive" in the Windows File Explorer by right-clicking on This PC.
      • Pick the Drive letter you want to map to. (Example Z:)
      • For folder, use \\cephprdsmb01.kennesaw.edu\cephfs

  • UITS offers a general article for Mac users to connect to network shares.

    Once connected to the KSU VPN, use the  Finder-> Go menu and click the "Connect to Server"

    For the path, use:
    smb://cephprdsmb01.kennesaw.edu/cephfs/ceph-your_project_name

  • Ubuntu offers support tutorial for connecting to a SMB share. 

    In general, adding support for cifs to your distribution should allow you to mount a SMB share.

    Use this path for mapping:
    smb://cephprdsmb01.kennesaw.edu/cephfs/ceph-your_project_name

  • To access your project workspace storage on the vHPC, navigate to /ccstar/your-project-name.

    You can create a symbolic link in your home directory to you ceph namespace by using ln -s command.

    In general: 
    ln -s /ccstar/projects/your_namespace/users/yourNetID ./your_namespace

    Example:
    ln -s /ccstat/projects/ceph-tom/users/tboyle ./ceph-tom

    This leaves me with a convenient connection to a project right in my home directory.