Data Storage: Shared Data Storage

In much the same way that Drive Z gives each user personal online storage, Drives X, Y, M, and Q provide virtual space to store documents in an open, shared environment. The table below will help you differentiate between the four online drives available through the University System.

	Drive Z	Drive Y	Drive M	Drive Q	Drive X
Drive TYPE	Personal Drive	Teaching Materials / System Administration Materials	Teaching Materials	Teaching Materials	Shared Data
NOTES	This drive gives you 5 GB of various personal types of documents.	The server supporting Drive Y is housed at the Nishinomiya Uegahara Campus, and it is recommended that those at the Nishinomiya Uegahara Campus use Drive Y instead of Drive M or Q.	The server supporting Drive M is housed at the Kobe Sanda Campus, and it is recommended that those at the Kobe Sanda Campus use Drive M instead of Drive Y or Q.	The server supporting Drive Q is housed at the Nishinomiya Seiwa Campus, and it is recommended that those at the Nishinomiya Seiwa Campus use Drive Q instead of Drive Y or M.	This drive provides an easy way to share documents with other users. It can be used for temporary storage.
NOTES OF CAUTION					The System Administrator reserves the right to delete documents for purposes such as freeing up space. A major disk-clearing session occurs especially at the end of both the spring and fall semesters.
NOTES OF CAUTION		Any data stored here can be viewed, altered, and erased by anyone else with sufficient access privileges. It is recommended that all documents uploaded to Drives Y, M, Q, and X are backed up on the user's personal media. For example, if Mr. A put a document in Drive Y, Mr. B can delete it. So be careful!
CAPACITY	5GB	1TB	1TB	200GB	200GB
ACCESS	Access available both On-Campus and off-campus.	Access available both On-Campus and off-campus. However when accessing this drive from off-campus, the only folder you can connect to is the Teachers folder.	Access available both On-Campus and off-campus.	Access available both On-Campus and off-campus.	Access available only On-Campus. Access this drive via My Computer.

Folders to Manually Map Various Drives (For Windows OS)

Drive Z	Drive Y	Drive M	Drive Q	Drive X
¥¥kgs¥file¥z¥[User ID]	¥¥kgs¥file¥y	¥¥kgs¥file¥m	¥¥kgs¥file¥q	¥¥kgs¥file¥x

Privileges	Drive Z	Drive Y	Drive M	Drive Q	Drive X
READ	Yourself	All users	All users	All users	All users
EXECUTE	Yourself	All users	All users	All users	All users
SAVE	Yourself	Teachers have privileges to save documents in the folder named "Teachers."	Teachers and staff members	Teachers only	All users
DELETE	Yourself	Teachers have privileges to delete documents in the folder named "Teachers."	Teachers and staff members	Teachers only	All users

How to access Drives X, Y, M, and Q

Drive X can be accessed only On-Campus. You cannot access from off-campus. Drive Y's Teachers folder, Drive M, and Drive Q can be accessed from off-campus through the internet using your Web Folder.

How to access each drive from On-Campus

Double-click the "コンピューター"icon on your desktop.
Window will open, displaying icons of Drives X, Y, M, and Q.
In this window, double-click the icon of the drive you wish to open.

Way to access each drive from off-campus

Drive X, Drive Y's Teachers folder, Drive M, and Drive Q can be accessed from off-campus through the internet using your Web Folder.

Log on to Information System Web Service ( https://webmail.kwansei.ac.jp ). Webサービス（英語).png

Then click the button of the drive you wish to open. Click here for more information: How to access Web Folder

Please note:

The server supporting Drive Y is housed at the Nishinomiya Uegahara Campus, the server supporting Drive M is housed at the Kobe Sanda Campus, and the server supporting Drive Q is housed at the Nishinomiya Seiwa Campus. Although you can access both drives from any campus, it is recommended that those at the Nishinomiya Uegahara Campus use Drive Y, those at the Kobe Sanda Campus use Drive M, and those at the Nishinomiya Seiwa Campus use Drive Q.

You may find yourself in certain situations that require additional advice.

For instance, When you try to access Web Folder from a computer with an OS or browser that is not approved by the University Information Systems Office. When you have trouble accessing Web Folder from the Information System Web Service menu.

To deal with these and other dilemmas please refer to the following links in the Information System Web Service menu: How to access Web Folder User Tips

To work with Web Folders within Windows 7, please click here for more information.

Warning: Any folders you have stored in Drive Y, M, and Q can be deleted by other users with the same access privileges. For further information regarding Drive Y, M, and Q, please refer to Shared Online Data Storage (Drive X, Y, M, and Q) under the Data Storage heading in the User's Guide.

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