Access to Posix File Systems is normally done on Linux systems via theĀ Automounter.
The path to the storage is either
/storage/shared/research/<name>
or
/storage/shared/research/<dept>/<name>
Access to the replacement for glusterfs volumes can be either
/storage/shared/glusterfs/<volume>
Access to Windows Shares can be done using the File Manager (Caja/Nautilus) to connect to the server stor-nex-pool1.rdg.ac.uk as a windows share.