Transferring files

Computational workflows often require files on Roar RC, Roar archival storage, OneDrive, or your laptop or desktop machine to be transferred -- copied from one place to another.

Transfers to and from Roar Restricted follow a special protocol, described here.

Multiple tools exist to perform these file transfers. No single tool is best for all cases; below, we recommend methods, and list approximate transfer rates for large files.

Transfer	Method	Relative Rate
RC ↔ Archive	Globus	slow
RC → OneDrive	Firefox in an Open On Demand session or Globus	slow
OneDrive → RC	Firefox in an Open On Demand session or Globus	slow
RC ↔ laptop	Portal Files menu	moderate
RC ↔ laptop	Cyberduck or FileZilla	moderate
OneDrive ↔ laptop	Local Web Browser	slow
RC ↔ most globus collections	Globus	fast
These are typical but not universal results. Transfers will be limited by the slowest intervening networking or storage componenet.