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All Data Transfer Routes
The following tables provide a full overview on the various transfer options depending on the system that you are coming from and the system you want to transfer your data to. The recommended options are marked in the table with W(indows)/M(acOS)/L(inux) added next to the '✓' sign.
'[✓]' means that this option is possible but might be the worst choice of the given ones.
Copy and Sync via commandline
| Network protocol | Underlying network protocol | Description/When to use | Executable on | Transfer from/to | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Mac | Windows | bwUni Cluster | bwFor Cluster | bwHPC Cluster | SDS@hd | |||
| WebDav via Rclone | http(s) | Needs installation. Multithreaded. Works on two completely remote locations as well. Transfers whole files. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ☓ | ☓ | ☓ | ✓ |
| sftp via Rclone | ssh | see above | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | [✓] |
| rsync | ssh | Synchronization of data. One side must be a local drive. Can spot differences in files and transfer only the changes. | ✓ | ✓ | [✓] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ☓ |
| scp | ssh | For copying data | ✓ | ✓ | [✓] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ☓ |
| sftp | ssh | Interactive shell for copying data | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Mounting via commandline
| Network protocol | Underlying protocol | Description/When to use | Executable on | Transfer from/to | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Mac | Windows | bwUniCluster | bwForCluster | bwHPC cluster | SDS@hd | |||
| WebDAV via Rclone mount | http(s) | Needs installation | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ☓ | ☓ | ☓ | ✓ |
| sshfs | see sftp | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ ( L, M ) | ✓ | |
| smb | none | Mapping of a network drive | L | ✓ | ✓ | ☓ | ☓ | ☓ | ✓ (M, W) |
| NFSv4 | none | One-time installation effort (Kerberos, ID mapping). For servers, microscopes, multi-user environments, ... | ✓ | ☓ | ☓ | ☓ | ☓ | ☓ | ✓ |
Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs)
| GUIs | Underlying protocols | Description/When to use | Executable on | Transfer from/to | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Mac | Windows | bwUniCluster | bwForCluster | bwHPC cluster | SDS@hd | |||
| MobaXterm | SSH, RSync, SFTP | ☓ | ☓ | ✓ | ☓ | ☓ | ✓ ( W ) | ✓ | |
| WinSCP | SFTP, WebDAV, SCP | ☓ | ☓ | ✓ | ☓ | ☓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Filezilla | SFTP | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ☓ | ☓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Cyberduck | SFTP, WebDAV | ☓ | ✓ | ✓ | ☓ | ☓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| WebDAV via browser | WebDAV | download single files | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ☓ | ☓ | ☓ | ✓ |