Storage

Local storage space on Klima is limited. Please only use the local disk for fast access to data used in immediate processing, and archive any resulting data onto HCS after you are done.

HCS

There are a number of ways to mount and access HCS shares as a regular user without needing elevated privileges;

  • There is an HCS automount path set up at /mnt/auto-hcs/. Though the /mnt/auto-hcs/ directory may appear to be empty, when you access /mnt/auto-hcs/<hcs_share> the specified share should get automatically mounted (with the privileges of your logged-in user).

If you are having trouble getting the share to appear, try issuing a kinit first, to re-issue an authorisation ticket.

For storage.hcs-chc or storage.hcs-wlg shares, use /mnt/auto-hcs-chc/ and /mnt/auto-hcs-wlg/ respectively instead.

  • With gvfs/fuse:

    gio mount smb://storage.hcs-p01.otago.ac.nz/<sharename>

    This will by default make the share available for your user at /run/user/<userid>/gvfs/smb-share:server=storage.hcs-p01.otago.ac.nz,share=<share_name>.

  • If you are accessing the server through a graphical user interface, generally the file manager should allow you to access SMB shares. For example, on an Xfce desktop: open File Manager, and in the location bar go to smb://storage.hcs-p01.otago.ac.nz/<share_name>. Select registered user, Enter your University credentials and domain registry if you have a staff account, or domain student for students.