The Turbo Research Storage is a type of storage device known as "Network Attached Storage," or NAS for short. A NAS is a storage device that is accessible to users over the network. If your computer is on the University of Michigan network (or U-M VPN), you can access Turbo! The great thing about a NAS is that it doesn't require any formatting or disk management by the user. A NAS provides file-level access to storage, just like browsing through the documents folder on your local computer.
- NFS, which stands for "Network File System," is used for Unix and Linux-based operating systems (including macOS).
- CIFS, or "Common Internet File System," is used for Windows and macOS operating systems.
- Multi-Protocol allows for both CIFS and NFS connections to the same Turbo Volume, providing access for both Windows and Linux systems simultaneously. If you want to request a multi-protocol volume, select "Turbo Research Storage NFS" and set the "Multiprotocol" option to "Yes."