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Office of Research Computer Services

48 Jesse Hall
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO 65211

573 882-9135 phone
573 884-8371 fax

ORCS FTP Login Help

To enter the ORCS FILE SERVER with OTSP access (or any other), you will have to enter the username and password in the URL field of your browser by hand.

The format is: ftp://username:password@orcs.missouri.edu

ORCS Technical Glossary

ORCS

ORCS stands for Office of Research Computer Services. An Orc is also a mythological creature typically found in fantasy role playing games, novels and movies.

ORCS File Server

What we call the ORCS server is the server that will holds some users files and a few other services below:

  • The R: Drive
  • Printers
  • ORCS Web Server
  • ProblemTracker

ProblemTracker

The ProblemTracker is a web application that the Office of Research uses to report any computer related problem, including software, hardware, internet, web site, database, etc.

R: Drive

The "R: Drive" is an online hard drive for storing documents to allow Office of Research users to access from home.

URL

URL stands for "Uniform Resource Locator", the global address of documents and other resources on the World Wide Web." Webopedia Definition and Links

Sage

The server we call Sage runs the Office of Research web site, GDF, GIS and eIRB systems, and the Oracle database.