How to connect to Duke on-site storage

Duke on-site storage is private file storage available to Duke faculty, staff, and students on the Duke network. The storage was established as a location to temporarily or permanently store Zoom meeting recordings. 

To access Duke on-site storage, your device must be connected to the Duke network directly or via the Virtual Private Network (VPN). At DKU, you must be connected to the campus network. If you’re outside of North America, expect slow performance.

Connect to Duke storage on a Mac

To mount the storage drive to your Mac OS device, do the following:

1. From the Finder menu, click Go.

2. Select Connect to Server…

3. In the Connect to Server box, type

cifs://oit-nas-nb11.oit.duke.edu/zoom-recording-storage/n/netid

where n is the first letter of your NetID, and netid is your NetID.

Example: For the NetID hiro, type

cifs://oit-nas-nb11.oit.duke.edu/zoom-recording-storage/h/hiro

4. Click Connect. In the login window that appears, modify your NetID in the Name field to include @win.duke.edu (ex. hiro@win.duke.edu). 

5. Enter your password (OPTIONAL: click to select Remember this password in my keychain) and click Connect. In the Finder, the storage location is displayed under Locations and your files are displayed.

Connect to Duke storage on Windows

To mount the storage drive to your Windows device, follow Microsoft’s instructions on how to map a network drive in Windows 10.

In step 4 of the instructions, type the path

\\oit-nas-nb11.oit.duke.edu\zoom-recording-storage\n\netid

where n is the first letter of your NetID, and netid is your NetID.

Example: For the NetID hiro, type 

\\oit-nas-nb11.oit.duke.edu\zoom-recording-storage\h\hiro

Sharing video files

To share videos for viewing, upload them to Panopto, Warpwire, or another video streaming platform of your choice.