Departmental Data Storage (Q:)

All faculty and staff are given access to a shared departmental data storage area on the university network. To access your Q: drive, you must log in to the Tufts network or Tufts VPN with a valid Tufts Username and Tufts Password.

Sometimes referred to as your departmental share, your Q: drive is a data storage area on the Tufts network that is accessible by other staff or faculty in your department. When you're connected to the Tufts network (or logged into Tufts VPN), you can drag and drop files to your Q: drive, create folders, and use it as a “Save as …” location the same way you work with files and directories on your computer’s C: drive, an external hard drive, or USB thumb drive.

Your Q: drive is an excellent location for sharing project, reference, or collaborative documents and images that need to be edited or retrieved from multiple locations with other members of your department. Benefits of Q: drive storage include:

• Nightly backup of all data located on the Q: drive
• Accessible from any Tufts network location or via Tufts VPN
• Only members of your department or those who have been granted access can access your departmental Q: drive (To restrict access to files on the Q: drive, a folder can be created and secured to ensure that only authorized individuals are able to access the information.)