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Live Storage Access Guide

Updates for the RDP 2024

Introduction

The Research Data Storage Service (RDSS) is a large resilient storage system based on a technology called Spectrum Scale (previously called GPFS) and can be accessed in a variety of methods across all the major operating systems. Please see the relevant access guide below for instructions on how to get started.

How toÌýguides

Windows:

MacOS:

Linux:

ÌýRDSS Web Admin Portal:

Other access guides:

Further Information

You can find answers to a lot of commonly asked questions on our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Page

General enquiries and requests for support should be sent to:Ìýresearchdata-support@ucl.ac.uk

Key SSH/SFTP Access Information

Access MethodSSH/SFTP
Server Namerdp-ssh.arc.ucl.ac.uk
UsernameYour central ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº user ID
PasswordYour central ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº password *
Path to your project space

This will have been provided by us upon your registration but it will be of the form:Ìý

/°ù»å²õ²õ/°ù»å0³Ý/&±ô³Ù;±ô´Ç²Ô²µ³å±è°ù´ÇÂá±ð³¦³Ù³å³¦´Ç»å±ð&²µ³Ù;Ìý

where (X) will be the fourth character of your short project code e.g. for rd09ab, X would be "9". Any older projects that had codes with "rd" followed by four letters and numbers will be in:

/rdss/rdlegacy/<long_project_code>

long_project_code will be written in the form ritd-ag-project-rd09ab-cdefg90

Our SSH Fingerprints (MD5)
c9:ba:7e:9b:2f:36:b1:97:ee:b4:6b:a0:c9:28:e0:0a (ECDSA)
a7:17:29:8c:4a:98:b3:45:a9:61:43:1f:a6:cb:4b:9f (ED25519)

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Our SSH Fingerprints (SHA256)
EjUSGWEi6kBbWxnnaKS7Vi1r/kjNtF5PZekb6CTJISw (ECDSA)
gDDLguXIgfLF5XTJh6g1pexdmCWWy/2cqP4mftuywJQ (ED25519)

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* You should never give your password to anyone under any circumstances (including Research Data Services or Information Services Division).

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Key CIFS Access Information

Access MethodCIFS AKA: SMB, Windows file sharing
Server Namerdp.arc.ucl.ac.uk
UsernameAD\<Your central ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº user ID> eg: AD\abcdefg
PasswordYour central ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº password *
Path to your project space

<long_project_code>

This will be in of the form ritd-ag-rdabcd-abcdefg