Transferring data

Transferring Data: Overview

This is an overview of how to transfer data to or from the Savio high performance computing (HPC) cluster at the University of California, Berkeley.

• When transferring data, you should connect only to Savio's Data Transfer Node: dtn.brc.berkeley.edu

• You can use any of the file transfer methods that Savio supports. Among these (with links to tutorials, where available):

  • Smaller transfers (modest number of smaller files):
    • SCP (Tutorial: [Using SCP with Savio](Using SCP with Savio))
    • SFTP (Tutorial: [Using SFTP with Savio via FileZilla](Using SFTP with Savio via FileZilla))
    • You can also use Rsync and possibly other methods for this task ...
  • Larger transfers (large files and/or large number of files):
    • Globus Connect (formerly Globus Online) (Tutorial: [Using Globus Online with Savio](Using Globus Online with Savio))
    • You can also use GridFTP or BBCP for this task ...