There data transfer protocols are allowed to move data to the main storage on the AHPCC clusters:
scp
(secure copy)sftp
(secure ftp)rsync
To upload a data file from the current directory on your local desktop machine to your /storage directory on pinnacle:
pawel@localdesktop$# scp localfile.dat pwolinsk@pinnacle.uark.edu:/storage/pwolinsk/
To download a data file from your /storage directory on pinnacle to the current directory on your local desktop machine:
pawel@localdesktop$# scp pwolinsk@pinnacle.uark.edu:/storage/pwolinsk/remotefile.dat .
Windows OS does not include Secure Copy or Secure FTP tools. There are multiple file transfer clients available for download. The most popular command line client is pscp.exe available here:
https://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/latest/x86/pscp.exe
To transfer files using pscp.exe download and save pscp.exe to your Windows machine. Then open a terminal (i.e. Command Prompt, under “Start→All Programs→Accessories→Command Prompt”) and specify the full path to the location of the downloaded pscp.exe file followed by two arguments <source> and <destination>. Either one or both could specify a file a on remote machine (user@host:pathtofile) or a local file (pathtofile). For example:
C:\Users\Pawel> c:\Users\Pawel\Downloads\pscp.exe filetoupload.txt pwolinsk@pinnacle.uark.edu:
The code above uses secure copy protocol to upload a file “filetoupload.txt” to the home directory of user pwolinsk on pinnacle.uark.edu.
Another popular windows transfer client (GUI) is WinSCP:
https://winscp.net/eng/download.php
NOTE: Pinnacle, Trestles and Razor clusters all share the same main AHPCC storage. So transferring files to any one of the 3 clusters will make those files available on all clusters.
GLOBUS https://globus.org/ is a service for secure, reliable research data management. It allows users to move, share, & discover data via a single interface using a web browser.
GLOBUS service moves data between GLOBUS Endpoints. Each Endpoint is a server process running on a machine which can send and receive data. One such endopoint, named UARK-Pinnacle, is set up on the Pinnacle cluster. It is a public endpoint (visible to all GLOBUS users), and accessible by anyone with an account on Pinnacle. To transfer data between your account on Pinnacle and your personal workstation/laptop you will need to set up a private GLOBUS endpoint, which is only visible and accessible by you. This requires the installation of GLOBUS personal connect server on your workstation/laptop.
To install GLOBUS personal connect server: