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uberftp Transfers

Transfers using the uberftp grid-enabled FTP client.

  • All uberftp examples use the command line syntax in which the commands are specified as a semi-colon separated list. In all cases specifiing thes commands in the same sequence in an interactive uberftp will achieve the same result.


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MSS -> Hg

Transfer to MSS from NCSA IA-64 (Mercury) using uberftp.

> uberftp mss.ncsa.teragrid.org "active; put 2GB"
UNIX Archive FTP server (DiskXtender Version 2 .9) active. Checking DiskXtender.conf

220  ;UNIX Archive FTP server ready.
230 User&nbs p;dadams logged in.
Active mode
Transfer o f 2147287040 bytes completed in 48.30 seconds.  44457.07 KB/sec

 


MSS -> Hg (3rd Party)

Transfer to MSS from NCSA IA-64 (Mercury) using uberftp and third party.

> uberftp mss.ncsa.teragrid.org "lopen gridftp-hg.ncsa.teragrid.org; lcd /gpfs _scratch1/dadams; active; put 2GB"
UNIX Archive FTP server (DiskXtender Version 2 .9) active. Checking DiskXtender.conf

220  ;UNIX Archive FTP server ready.
230 User&nbs p;dadams logged in.
220 tg-s039.ncsa.teragrid.org  ;GridFTP Server 2.1 (gcc64dbg, 1122653280-63) ready .
230 User dadams logged in.
250 CWD& nbsp;command successful.
Active mode
Transfer o f 2147287040 bytes completed in 39.49 seconds.  54374.96 KB/sec

 


tg-login.uc -> MSS

Third party transfer to MSS from remote TG site.

  • Note the increased tcp buffer size setting.
> uberftp mss.ncsa.teragrid.org "lopen tg-gridftp.uc.teragrid.org; active; mod e stream; tcpbuf 4000000; lcd /disks/scratchgpfs1/adams; put 2GB"
UNIX Archive FTP server (DiskXtender Version 2 .9) active. Checking DiskXtender.conf

220  ;UNIX Archive FTP server ready.
230 User&nbs p;dadams logged in.
220 tg-s003.uc.teragrid.org G ridFTP Server 2.1 (gcc32dbg, 1122653280-63) ready.< br /> 230 User adams logged in.
Active mode
Stream mode
TCP buffer set to 400000 0 bytes
250 CWD command successful.
Transf er of 2147287040 bytes completed in 294.12&nbs p;seconds. 7300.82 KB/sec

 


MSS (AR) -> Hg

Retrival of an archived file from MSS using uberftp with the "quote wait" command.

  • Note the use of the "quote wait" command. This instructs the client to wait for the file(s) to be staged from the tape archive and then carry out the transfer.
> uberftp mss.ncsa.teragrid.org "lopen gridftp-hg.ncsa.teragrid.org; lcd /gpfs _scratch1/dadams; active; mode stream; quote wait; get 1GB-2"
UNIX Archive FTP server (DiskXtender Version 2 .9) active. Checking DiskXtender.conf

220  ;UNIX Archive FTP server ready.
230 User&nbs p;dadams logged in.
220 tg-s037.ncsa.teragrid.org  ;GridFTP Server 2.1 (gcc64dbg, 1122653280-63) ready .
230 User dadams logged in.
250 CWD& nbsp;command successful.
Active mode
Stream mod e
258 WAIT on
Transfer of 1073741824  bytes completed in 128.07 seconds. 8384.30 KB/ sec

 


MSS with uberftp

Transfer a file from MSS using the uberftp client.

  • Note the use of the "quote wait" command. This tells uberftp to wait for the tape retrieval process to complete before attempting to access the file.
> uberftp mss.ncsa.teragrid.org "lopen gridftp-w.ncsa.teragrid.org; lcd /cfs/s cratch/users/arnoldg; cd junk; quot wait; get new.tar"
220 UNIX Archive FTP server ready.
230  User arnoldg logged in.
220 tunf001.ncsa.uiuc.edu  GridFTP Server 2.1 (gcc32dbg, 1122653280-63)  ready.
230 User arnoldg logged in.
WAIT&nb sp;is now turned on.
new.tar:  24948008960&n bsp;bytes in 1433.74 seconds. 17400.62 KB/sec