Overview

Instructor(s): Ashwin Kundeti

Time: Friday, April 4, 2025 10:00AM-11:00PM CT

Location: Online using Zoom

Prerequisite(s): Active HPRC Account, basic Linux/Unix skills

This primer covers a variety of topics relevant to data management on HPRC clusters, including transferring data to and from the clusters, data lifecycles, and data policies.

Note: if you are attending this class from off-campus, you will need to have the TAMU VPN set up to access the cluster. Refer to this Technology Services article for guidance on setting up the VPN.

Course Materials

The presentation slides will be made available as downloadable PDF files.

Learning Objectives and Agenda

In this course, participants will learn to:

• Transfer data to/from Grace
• Use Globus for data management on Grace
• Use the filesystem
• Follow data policies
• Use data transfer tools

A typical outline of the topics covered in this primer is provided below. Because of the interactive nature of this course, some of the topics listed below may be introduced in a different order and covered to different depths.

• Accessing the Grace cluster
• Filesystem and quotas
• Command-line tools
• Data-transfer tools

Note: During the class sessions many aspects of the material will be illustrated live via a login to a training system. Attendees will complete these parts along with the instructor on their own devices.