Data Transfer

1 Transfer Tools

Type	Software	Remarks	Executable on				Transfer from/to
			Local°	bwUniCluster	bwForCluster	www	bwHPC cluster	SDS@hd
Command-line	scp	Throughput < 150 MB/s (depending on cipher)	+	+	+		+
	sftp		+	+	+		+	+
	rsync		+	+	+		+
	rdata	Throughput of 350-400 MB/s		+				+
	wget	Download from http/ftp address only	+	+	+	+
Graphical	WinSCP	based on SCP/SFTP, Windows only	+				+	+
	FileZilla	based on SFTP	+				+	+

° Depending on the installed operating system (OS).

2 Using SFTP from Unix client

Example:

> sftp  ka_xy1234@bwfilestorage.lsdf.kit.edu
Connecting to bwfilestorage.lsdf.kit.edu<br>
ka_xy1234@bwfilestorage.lsdf.kit.edu's password: 
sftp> ls
snapshots
temp test
sftp> help
...
sftp> put myfile
sftp> get myfile

3 Using SFTP from Windows and Mac client

Windows clients do not have a SCP/SFTP client installed by default, so it needs to be installed before this protocol can be used.

Tools for example:

• OpenSSH
• Putty suite (for Windows and Unix)
• WinSCP (for Windows)
• FileZilla (for Windows, Mac and Linux)
• Cygwin (for Windows)

network drive over SFTP:

• WebDrive (for Windows and Mac)
• SFTP Net Drive (ELDOS) (for Windows)
• NetDrive (for Windows)
• ExpanDrive (for Windows and Mac)

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