Categories

Your Unity account comes with 350 MB of personal file storage space (disk quota), divided into these three categories:

• AFS space
  Your space for personal files and Web pages. When you use a Unity lab machine, this space appears as your Home directory (on a Solaris or Linux machine) or the K: drive (on a Windows machine). The path to this space is in this format:
  

  /afs/unity.ncsu.edu/users/initial/unityid

  where unityid and initial represent your Unity ID and its first letter.

• E-mail space
  Storage for the IMAP e-mail contained in all the folders of your campus e-mail account
• Novell space
  When you use a Windows machine in a Unity lab, this space holds your profile data as well as any files you save onto the desktop or M: drive.

Rules and Regulations

You can use your personal file space only in accordance with the rules and regulations governing the use of information technology at NC State. Before you begin using your space, be sure to familiarize yourself with these, especially Computer Use Regulation (REG 08.00.2).   For rules concerning personal (unofficial) Web pages published by NC State students, faculty, staff, see Web services for www4.

Personal Web Page Space

After you've created your personal Web pages, you will need to put them in a particular folder in your personal space.  See WWW4 Setup for details on creating this folder.
NOTE: The WWW4 servers do not support these file extensions: .asp, .jsp, and .php.

Checking or Reallocating Your Personal Space

1. Go to the Quota Allocation page and log in with your Unity ID and password. On this page is a table showing your current space usage and current quota for each of the above categories (AFS, E-mail, Novell).
2. For each category there is a text box in the right hand column (New Quota) containing a number that indicates your current allocation in that category.
3. To change your allocation for a category, double click on the number in the box and type in a new one. This new number must be within the range indicated by the numbers in parentheses below the box; it cannot be lower than your current usage in that category.
4. The revised total of the three boxes will appear in the New Total Quota box.
5. When you have made all the changes, click Submit Change Request. If you have difficulty allocating your space, contact the NC State Help Desk.

Getting More Personal Space

If you've re-allocated your 350 MB of personal storage space as described above and still don't have enough, then you may want to purchase more. Fill out the online form on the Purchased Space page. You will need to log in with your Unity ID and password. Space is available in 100 MB increments at a yearly rate for all students, faculty, and staff who have Unity accounts.

Other types of space in AFS are:

• Unity Lockers (for University business only)
• Free Course Space (for faculty)

Go to the Unity File Space page.