Storage
Workspace archival
Introduction At the end of the project lifecycle, users might opt for the archival of their Workspace. Most of the organisations opt for downloading all the data from their Workspace and archiving it in an institutional archiving repository. Some ...
Accessing snapshots of files stored on Z-drive
Introduction Data in your workspace is recommended to be stored on the data/Z-drive. The Z-drive is an Azure Fileshare that can store up to 5 TiB by default. Moreover, every evening at 23:00 (UTC+01:00, Amsterdam Time Zone) a snapshot is created from ...
Downloading and transferring files via data requests
Introduction Downloading or transferring data from the the myDRE workspace always follows an approval flow. This means that a download (to local machine) or transfer request (to another workspace) needs to be requested by the member, which will then ...
Blob storage
Version: 2022-11-14 Updated: 2024-08-12 This service is available to Accountables and Privileged members of a workspace. Blob storage in myDRE is restricted to the context of one workspace What is Azure Blob storage? Azure Blob storage is optimized ...
Storage types in the workspace
There are many different storage types in the workspace. Below is an overview. Storage type Description Back-up policy Cost (estimated) Recommended use Storage size Related mydre articles File share (data/Z- drive) File share is offered by Azure ...
Uploading your data
This feature is available to workspace members all except the Data reader A data upload or download does not require a running Virtual Machine! If you're uploading a folder with many subfolders, make a zip file! In your workspace, you can upload a ...
Extra data disk request & initialization - Windows & Linux
Introduction The Z-drive (fileshare) is rather slow compared to a managed disk such as the C-drive. Although expansion of the C-drive is possible, it is good to keep in mind that the Operating System (OS) is also installed on the C-drive. It is not a ...
Expanding the (OS-)disk - Windows & Linux
Why expand the OS-disk? In a Virtual Machine (VM), the OS-disk is where the Operating System (OS; for instance Windows or Linux) is installed but also encompasses your general desktop and other folders (basically anything on the C:-drive). It is ...
Shared storage
This feature is available for Accountable, Privileged members, Advanced member, Standard member This feature is not standard, which means we operate on best effort basis. Each workspace has their own storage. What if there are multiple workspaces ...
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Activating your new @mydre.org account
Before you can access your DRE workspace(s) at mydre.org, you need to activate your @mydre.org account. Below, we explain the steps in this activation process, along with screenshots for illustration. Prerequisite: your new @mydre.org username, along ...
R and RStudio using External Access rules
This method of downloading R packages is outdated! This article will not be updated any longer. IP addresses are often subject to change. Therefore, the domain allowlisting feature has been introduced and it is self-service for Accountable and ...
Atlas.ti
Older versions of Atlas.ti will show the option to validate your license offline. Unfortunately, this procedure no longer works. You can still use Atlas.ti by allowlisting the domain atlasti.com, as explained under Step 2 in Validating your Atlas.ti ...
Python, Anaconda and JupyterLab
With domain allowlisting now being a self-service feature, this is the preferred option. For proxy settings in Anaconda in combination with domain allowlisting, please follow this article: ...
Proxy configurations Anaconda
First version: 2022-10-31 Latest version: 2023-11-16 Last change(s): Clarification in the introduction; clarifying instructions; added screenshots. This is a community effort. The article was created by the anDREa Support Team in their spare time. If ...