File Services and Backups 

To ensure compliance with FIPPA, UBC data must be stored in university-provided storage solutions. 

Staff Users 

LFS administrative units are provided with network folders on TeamShare (L drive). Contact us if a new shared folder is required or access permission changes and updates. 

TeamShare back up and retention schedule 

• every two hours between 6:00 am and 6:00 pm and kept for five days 
• and daily at midnight and kept for 30 days 

Users can access the back-up to recover data by themselves using these instructions. 

Faculty Users 

LFS researchers are advised to use UBC provided storage for their research data. The UBC Office of Research Ethics will provide advice on research matters.  

The Chinook Object Storage platform is available to all researchers by application and there is no charge for this service currently. We will help you with the storage application process, all research faculty members are encouraged to put in an application. 

The Globus sync client provides a straightforward way for accessing, transferring, and sharing of data stored in Chinook. Clients are available for Windows, Mac, and Linux. 

Chinook allows sharing via email address to collaborators located anywhere around the globe.   

TeamShare is available to researchers by request. There is a cost associated with this offering, contact the Learning Centre for details. 

Storage Options Available to All Users 

Microsoft Teams can be set up for each research group or project. It provides a central place for communications as well as file and data storage. The files can be synchronised to your local computer using the OneDrive client. 

Personal Storage Options 

Microsoft OneDrive is available to all active faculty, staff, and student users. Each user is allocated 1TB of storage and you can share files and folders confidentially to anyone. 

Home Drive is a service for active faculty and staff users with a quota of 20GB. It does not support file sharing, if sharing is needed, use OneDrive.