====== Download Your Data From the ECON Cluster ======
To connect with FileZilla to the ECON cluster and download the entire home folder, use these steps with your own account’s username and password for that server.

===== Prepare your computer =====
  * Install and open the [[https://filezilla-project.org/download.php?type=client|FileZilla Client]] on your computer.​
  * Install and configure the [[https://itsupport.umd.edu/itsupport?id=kb_article_view&sys_kb_id=2683d5693b503a105292959c24e45aa2&table=kb_knowledge&searchTerm=connect%20to%20vpn|campus VPN software]] on your computer and connect to the campus VPN.

===== Enter server connection details =====
In FileZilla’s top “Quickconnect” bar, fill in:
  * **Host** (can be any of the below nodes): 
    * econcs016.umd.edu
    * econcs017.umd.edu
    * econcs018.umd.edu
    * econcs019.umd.edu
    * econcs020.umd.edu
  * **Username**: your UMD CAS username
  * **Password**: your UMD CAS password
  * **Port**: 22
Click the **Quickconnect** button to start the connection.​
 
===== Accept any security prompt =====
If a dialog appears asking you to trust a host key or certificate, click **OK** or **Trust** to continue.​

After a successful login, the right-hand side of FileZilla shows the remote files on the ECON cluster node, and the left-hand side shows your local computer files.​

===== Locate your remote home folder =====
In the **Remote site** pane on the right, browse to your home directory if FileZilla does not open there automatically; it will be located at `/nfs/home/yourusername`.​​
 
===== Choose the local download destination =====
In the **Local site** pane on the left, navigate to the folder on your computer where you want your home directory to be copied (e.g. C:\Users\yourusername\Downloads or /home/yourusername/Downloads). We recommend creating a new folder for specifically storing your home folder contents.

Ensure this local folder has enough free space for everything in your home directory before you start the download. ​You can check the size of your home folder via the **Remote Site** pane of Filezilla (at the bottom).

===== Download the entire home folder =====
In the **Remote site** pane, right-click on your home folder and select **Download** from the context menu. FileZilla will recursively download the entire folder and all its subfolders into the currently selected folder on the **Local site** side. Depending on the size of your home folder, this could take a long time so make sure your computer is plugged in.​

===== Monitor and verify the transfer =====
Watch the transfer progress in the **Queued files** and **Successful transfers** tabs at the bottom until the queue is empty and there are no **Failed transfers**.​

When the queue is finished, check the destination folder on your computer in the **Local site** pane or in your file explorer to confirm that all expected subfolders and files from your home directory are present.