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--- cluster:data_download [2025/12/11 19:43] – mcloughlin
+++ cluster:data_download [2025/12/11 20:06] (current) – [Enter server connection details] mcloughlin
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+====== 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.
+  * 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:
+In FileZilla’s top “Quickconnect” bar, fill in:
-    * Host (can be any of the below nodes):
+  * **Host** (can be any of the below nodes):
-      * econcs014.umd.edu
+    * econcs016.umd.edu
-      * econcs015.umd.edu
+    * econcs017.umd.edu
-      * econcs016.umd.edu
+    * econcs018.umd.edu
-      * econcs017.umd.edu
+    * econcs019.umd.edu
-      * econcs018.umd.edu
+    * econcs020.umd.edu
-      * econcs019.umd.edu
+  * **Username**: your UMD CAS username
-      * econcs020.umd.edu
+  * **Password**: your UMD CAS password
-    * Username: your UMD CAS username
+  * **Port**: 22
-    - Password: your UMD CAS password
+Click the **Quickconnect** button to start the connection.
-    - Port: 22
-- Click the **Quickconnect** button to start the connection.
+===== Accept any security prompt =====
-## Accept any security prompt
+If a dialog appears asking you to trust a host key or certificate, click **OK** or **Trust** to continue.
-- 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.
+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`.
+===== Locate your remote home folder =====
-## Choose the local download destination
+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`.
-- 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).
+===== Choose the local download destination =====
-## Download the entire home folder
+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.
-- 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.
+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).
-## 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**.
+===== Download the entire home folder =====
-- 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.
+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.