Your home directory on the available servers
(gilford, deneb, quadra) has several TB of available disk space (2.6TB
free as of Jan. 2013). You can transfer your data using programs like
Rsync, WinSCP or SSHFS. See the Transfer
Files Remotely section for more details on this.
Archiving
The server nootka.ccis.ualberta.ca
should be used for long term storage of research data.
Again you can use methods listed at Transfer
Files Remotely to transfer your data to the server.
nootka.math.ualberta.ca can
also be used to give read only access to the data for others if
required.
Send an email to Mark Duller at mduller@ualberta.ca
to get an account on nootka.
External Hard Disks
USB (or Firewire, etc) external disks are a convenient way to backup
your data. The most important thing is to make frequent backups. If the
data if very important and changes often, weekly or even daily backups
are recommened.
Windows SyncToy
is a simple program to backup folders and only transfer the changed
files.
See this TechRepublic
How-To for a quick start guide.
Mac OS X Time Machine is the
recommended backup solution.