Every user of the IPG network have a personal space on our central file server. This space is completely at his/hers disposition and every kind of files can be recorded inside. Maintaining all the personal files in this server means that your files are under hourly backup operation and that you can access it from every Linux workstation of the Labs automatically and even from personal laptops with different Operating systems, as Os X or Windows.

Automatically, when you login on one of the workstation, the system connect to your homedir maintained in the central file server and you can access all your files.

Users of Os X Operating System can connect to his/hers homedir using the standard afp connection protocol developed by Apple. Just connect to the server melpomene.epfl.ch using the Command-K key combination. If the initial connection is successful, the system will ask for your network login credentials. After inserting these, you can select the directory to mount (your homedir is your login name, web is the web space disc, scratch is the temporary disc space). Once mounted you can access your files directly from the Os X applications.