Disk space is purchased on what we call R drives, which work similarly to the G and H drives. When an R drive is purchased, the owner of the drive provides a list of names of those who will be granted access to the drive. Information Services will create a group from this list to assign permissions to the drive.

If a new member joins the group and needs access to the R drive, the drive owner can open a ticket with the Help Desk and ask that the user be added to the group. Conversely, when someone leaves the group, particularly if they are moving within the institution, they should be removed from the group, otherwise they will continue to have access to content on the drive. A Principle Investigator (PI) may wish to grant access to everyone in the group. Access permissions for other individuals may be added and removed by the owner of the drive.

Example: Two investigators are collaborating and wish to share data, manuscripts in preparation, or other material. One of the investigators can create a directory on their R drive and grant permissions to the other investigator just for that directory.