In order to facilitate automatic backup of important faculty and staff data, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences uses features in Microsoft Windows called Folder Redirection and Offline Files. This simply redirects the My Documents folder (typically located at C:\Users\username\Documents) to a "home drive" located on the College's SAN (Storage Area Network) Server.
Additionally, the files stored on the home drive are made available Offline and stored on the local hard drive of a user's computer. This allows users to take their data with them, particularly helpful for laptop users. When logging on or off (or when reconnecting the VU network) Windows Synchronizes any changes between the copy on the server and the copy in the Offline Files Folder.
