Data Transfer

There are numerous ways to transfer data to/from PetaLibrary. Select the option below that best serves your needs.

• Mounting on a Local Machine

• Documentation on use of SMB for mounting PetaLibrary as a local volume.

• Documentation on use of sshfs for mounting PetaLibrary as a local volume.

• Backup local data with Rclone

• Documentation on using Rclone to backup local data.

• Additional documentation on scheduling recurring backups to PetaLibrary.

• Data Transfer to/from Google Drive

• Specific documentation on using Rclone to transfer data from Google Drive to PetaLibrary.

• Data Transfer to/from OneDrive

• Specific documentation on using Rclone to transfer data from Onedrive to PetaLibrary.

• Additional documentation on using Globus to transfer data from Onedrive to PetaLibrary.

• Copy data from a Synology NAS device

• Documentation on transferring data from a local Synology network attached storage device to PetaLibrary.

• additional documentation on scheduling recurring backups to PetaLibrary.

• Data sharing with a Globus Guest Collection

• Specific documentation on creating a Globus Guest Collection. Guest collections enable sharing of data from a portion of your PetaLibrary allocation with external collaborators who do not have CURC accounts.

Note

In addition to the methods outlined above, data can also be transferred to/from PetaLibrary via common command line utilities such as rsync, scp, and sftp, as well as via Globus, a user-friendly browser-based file transfer tool. Documentation on these methods can be found in our General Data Transfer documentation.