NRDStor on Swan is accessible for all HCC users by default. One can use the $NRDSTOR variable to access the NRDStor directories on Swan.
Accessing NRDStor locally through the CIFS/SMB protocol, requires separate access and completing a short course. Please see the Request NRDStor Access page (HCC login required) for more details and to start the process.
The Nebraska Research and Data Storage (NRDStor) is a storage platform with wide accessibility for the research data needs of Nebraska’s researchers. NRDStor is accessible from a mounted network drive on your on-campus lab computer, your laptop connected on campus or through the University of Nebraska VPN, the Swan supercomputer, an Anvil VM, or through a web browser.
HCC (Including NRDStor) currently has no storage that is suitable for HIPAA, PHI, PID, classified or other data sets for which access is legally restricted. Users are not permitted to store such data on HCC machines.
Data download and upload speeds vary on a variety of factors, including file size, system load, your computer’s internet speed, and more. The examples below are assuming a modern laptop uploading/downloading a large 25GB video file.
If you are not on a University of Nebraska campus, you will need to connect to the NU-VPN using this guide from NU ITS. If you are on Campus, no additional software is needed.
NRDStor has two current methods of access - directly on Swan similar to the existing filesystems, and through the CIFS/SMB protocol on a laptop, desktop, or workstation connected to an NU network.
NRDStor is additionally accessible using Globus via the hcc#nrdstor endpoint. For details on using Globus,
please see this section.