About the Griffith Research Vault

Research Vault is a network storage service that offers Common Internet File Systems (CIFS) connectivity to huge volumes of digital data storage. Research Vault is intended for long term archival of digital data that is infrequently accessed.

Research Vault

Store digital data that is infrequently used, but requires long-term retention

How to connect

Once your Research Vault has been created, you will be advised the name of your vault "{Share name}".  You will need to map a network drive to connect to the shared Research Vault drive on your Windows computer or Mac.

Important

If connecting from home, you must  connect using the Griffith VPN. You can only connect from a home/personal computer if this complies with your research ethics.

To connect to your Research Vault, login with your Griffith credentials using staff\sNumber (e.g. staff\s123456) and your portal password.  Postgraduate research students can request staff access by completing the Authority to Establish or Extend Computing Access Form and requesting the Establish Computing Access service.

How to connect to Research Vault from Windows 10

How to connect to Research Vault from Mac

Request help connecting to your Research Vault

NEW Research Vault available early 2021

Early in 2020 the University purchased a new, more secure Research Vault that provides more efficient storage, increased availability and faster retrieval.  This improvement aligns with the University’s strategic plan to build for a digital future, simply technology and enhance support for important research.

The new technology has now been implemented, and we are preparing to migrate data from the old storage repository to the new Research Vault.

The pilot migration has started in January 2021 and we will begin contacting affected staff at the end of February 2021.