UCLA Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Data Server

What is the data server?

The data server is intended to be a repository for data sets that are shared between multiple research groups within the department. The server will also provide space for classes that use shared data sets.

The data server itself is a server with 2.5 terrabytes (TB) of storage capacity.

How do I place data onto the server?

You contact James, and ask to place data onto the server. Prashant will ask you to provide some basic information about the data (things like the name of the data set, a description of the data, when it was downloaded/last updated, size of the data set, and how long it will reside on the server) and will then request access to the data on your machine.

How can I get access to data on the server?

You need to be on a machine within the DAOS network that can mount NFS directories.

Then from your shell, you would use the mount command:

mount -r data.atmos.ucla.edu:/data/long /path/to/your/local/directory

If you use an automounter, and want to automatically mount this directory when your machine reboots, you would edit the /etc/auto_direct file, and add the following line:

/path/to/your/local/directory -ro data.atmos.ucla.edu:/data/long

Where /path/to/your/local/directory is the directory you want to mount the data directory to. If you want to mount the class directory, you would use the same commands, but would replace /data/long with /data/class.