Upcoming Change To Data Depot Shared Storage – July 20

On July 20, RCAC will make a change to how Data Depot is provided so that it uses our newer, more reliable system. Data Depot is the shared storage many research groups use as a mapped drive or network folder on their computers and on RCAC clusters.

What’s changing

• Starting July 20 when you connect to datadepot.rcac.purdue.edu, you will be using our newer Data Depot system (Depotv3) instead of the older one (Depotv2).

• The older system will still be available behind the scenes during this transition.

• This is mostly a technical change. It updates how accounts are authenticated and brings Data Depot in line with other RCAC services that already use our newer login system. The goal is to keep Data Depot reliable and consistent with our current environment.

What you need to do

• If you normally use Data Depot by connecting to datadepot.rcac.purdue.edu (for example, a mapped drive like “depot\mylab” on Windows or smb://datadepot.rcac.purdue.edu/depot/mylab on macOS), you should not need to change anything.

• Your existing shortcuts, mapped drives, and scripts that point to datadepot.rcac.purdue.edu should continue to work after the change.

• If you maintain service accounts or automated jobs that use Data Depot, please check them after the change to ensure continued functionality.

• Saved credentials may cause problems with your connectivity to the Data Depot.  If you believe this to be the case, simply remove the saved credentials and re-connect.

If something goes wrong

• If we see problems after the change, RCAC can quickly switch Data Depot back to the older system.

• If you notice issues accessing Data Depot or your mapped drives after this update, please contact us at rcac-help@purdue.edu.