Migrating Data from Campus Storage to Economy Cloud

This pathway will walk you through the process of moving data from campus storage (such as fast file) to AWS S3 Economy Cloud.

Prerequsites

A desktop computer, HutchNet ID, and access to the campus network,

If you are unfamiliar with any of these terms, hover over them to find more information.

• HutchNet ID A user ID specific to the Fred Hutch.

• Fast File The primary storage location for research data. Often available via the “X:” drive or “\center\fh\fast”
  

• Scratch Scratch storage is a working space primarily for use in the Rhino/Gizmo compute environment. This storage is not backed up
  

• Economy Cloud Economy Cloud is a term for the managed buckets in AWS S3- the “fh-pi-eco” and “fh-pi-eco-public”
  

Steps

Acquire an AWS Credentials

You will need AWS-Credentials to access S3 Economy Cloud.

Connect to the Campus Network

This process requires that you are connected to the campus network.

When on campus

When off campus

Connect to Motuz

Motuz is a web-based application available through the VPN at this URL. Connect to that URL and enter your HutchNet ID when prompted

Set Up Your Connection to Economy Cloud

Follow the steps documented here to create the connection to Economy Cloud.

Copy Files

With a valid connection you can now follow these steps to copy files from Fast or Scratch into Economy Cloud.

Motuz can copy files but does not delete files. Deleting data from Fast or Scratch is a separate process you would undertake after the copy is successful.