If you want to backup your research data or simply archive your published research data, you can do so by transferring your data to our group’s UBfs storage space.

UBfs is a data storage service provided by the University at Buffalo. Our group currently has 5 TB storage space in UBfs. In this page, you will find instructions to access this storage space and transfer files between UBfs and any designated machine (remote server or your local machine).

Access the space

  1. In Windows machine, open “This PC”, right-click to “add a network location”. Then type the following address:

    \\\\afs.acsu.buffalo.edu\\sens_research_cbe\\kaihangs

  2. Then, you will be required to login using your UBIT name and password. Log in with AD\UBITName (AD\ followed by your UBITName) and your password.

  3. Your UBfs mapped folder should now appear.

<aside> 💡 For MacOS users, check this website for instructions. For Linux users, check this website for instructions. UB VPN is required to use UBfs off campus.

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Transfer files

There are two ways of transferring files:

Method 1 (using Xftp 7)

  1. Install Xftp 7.
  2. Connect to CCR or any remote server using Xftp 7.
  3. Just drag the files you want to download to UBfs storage from the right window (remote server) to the left window (UBfs folder in your local machine).

Method 2 (using scp command)

  1. In UBfs folder, right-click to launch “Terminal” on the Windows machine.

  2. use scp command to download/upload file to/from UBfs folder. For example, to download the file from CCR to UBfs folder, in Terminal, type:

    # add "-r" right after scp if you want to download a folder such as below.
# you do not need "-r" if you just want to download a single file.
# Do not miss dot "." at the end of the command -- this indicates to download the file
#   to your current local directory
scp -r [email protected]:/path/to/your/foder .