Primer: Data Management Practices on HPRC Resources
Overview
Instructor(s): Ashwin Kundeti
Time: Friday, April 4, 2025 10:00AM-11:00AM 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.
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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
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.