Data migration to Cirrus NCR¶
If you want any of your ARCHER2 data on Cirrus, you must transfer this yourself using standard data transfer methods as documented in the ARCHER2 documentation on data transfer.
Important
Globus Online is not yet available on Cirrus for data transfer so you cannot use this method at the moment.
Use EPCCFS/NSCDS to move data from ARCHER2 to Cirrus
The EPCCFS/NSCDS storage is shared between ARCHER2 and Cirrus so copying data to this
storage system on ARCHER2 (mounted at /nscds) is the simplest way to move your data
to Cirrus (where it is mounted at /epccfs). More details on transferring data in this
way are given below.
/home and /work file systems¶
While Cirrus has /home and /work file systems like ARCHER2, these are completely different file systems to the ARCHER2 ones so none of your ARCHER2 data will be automatically available on Cirrus.
If you have questions about data transfer, please contact the Cirrus service desk.
EPCCFS/NSCDS¶
The EPCCFS/NSCDS storage is shared between ARCHER2 and Cirrus:
- On ARCHER2 it is mounted at
/nscds - On Cirrus it is mounted at
/epccfs
Copying data to EPCCFS/NSCDS from ARCHER2 file systems (on ARCHER2)¶
You can use the standard Linux cp command to copy data from ARCHER2 file
systems to EPCCFS/NSCDS when you are logged into ARCHER2. For example, to
transfer the file important-data.tar.gz from the ARCHER2 /work file system to
EPCCFS/NSCDS you would use the following command on ARCHER2 (assuming you are user auser
in project e05):
(remember to replace the project code and username with your own username and project code).
Use rclone parallel local data transfers for large datasets
If you are transferring a large amount of data to EPCCFS/NSCDS, you should consider
using parallel rclone local data transfer (perhaps in a
serial job submission script) rather than using the basic cp command.