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title = "MacOS"
description = "Accessing NRDStor Using Samba - MacOS"
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Within MacOS, NRDStor can be added as a location for data and appear similar to an external USB hard drive.
Under Finder's **"Go"** menu, select **"Connect to a server"**.
{{< figure src="/images/FinderServerConnect.png" width="700" class="img-border">}}
In the address box, enter **"smb://nrdstor.unl.edu/nrdstor/"**,
{{< figure src="/images/Mac_Connect_To_Server.png" width="700" class="img-border">}}
Click on **"Connect"**. You will be prompted to sign in to an account. **Use your University credentials to sign in, NOT your HCC credentials.** Both your University username and email address will work.
{{< figure src="/images/Mac_SMB_Username.png" width="700" class="img-border">}}
{{< figure src="/images/Mac_SMB_Email.png" width="700" class="img-border">}}
After that a warning message might appear if you try to cnnect at the first time.
{{< figure src="/images/Mac_SMB_Warning.png" width="700" class="img-border">}}
Once authentication has been successful, NRDStor will now be available in finder as a remote location.
{{< figure src="/images/Mac_SMB_Connected.png" width="700" class="img-border">}}
In the future, NRDStor can be access from the side bar under **"Locations"** and you can navigate to your group and user directories.
{{< figure src="/images/Mac_SMB_Sidebar.png" width="700" class="img-border">}}
Next: [Accessing NRDStor from SWAN]({{< relref "SWAN" >}})
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title = "SWAN"
description = "Accessing NRDStor From SWAN"
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NRDStor has two current methods of access, directly on Swan similar to the existing filesystems and through the Samba protocol on a laptop, desktop, or workstation connected to an NU network.
### From Swan
{{% notice info %}}
You can access your NRDStor directory quickly using the $NRDSTOR
environmental variable (i.e. '`cd $NRDSTOR`')
{{% /notice %}}
Unlike the /home, /work, and /common filesystems that are prefixed by their name and use the notation of **/filesystem/groupname/username**, NRDStor uses **/mnt/nrdstor/groupname/username**.
For example, for an account with the username of "hccdemo" and a group of "demo", the locations of this account's directories:
{{< highlight bash >}}
Home - /home/demo/hccdemo
Work - /work/demo/hccdemo
Common - /common/demo/hccdemo
NRDStor - /mnt/nrdstor/demo/hccdemo
{{< /highlight >}}
Next: [Accessing NRDStor from Windows]({{< relref "Windows" >}})
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title = "Windows"
description = "Accessing NRDStor Using Windows"
weight=30
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Within Windows, NRDStor can be added as a drive for data and appear similar to an external USB hard drive.
To add NRDStor on Windows please follow the below steps:
Open File Explorer
{{< figure src="/images/File_Explorer.png" width="700" class="img-border">}}
Right click on the **"This PC"** under the side bar and choose **"Map Network Drive"**
{{< figure src="/images/Map_Network_Drive.png" width="700" class="img-border">}}
The following **"Map Network Drive"** will appear
{{< figure src="/images/Map_Network_Drive_2.png" width="700" class="img-border">}}
From the **"Drive"** menu, specify the drive letter for the connection. We choose the letter **"N"** which stands for NRDStor
{{< figure src="/images/Specify_Drive_Letter.png" width="700" class="img-border">}}
{{< figure src="/images/Specify_Folder_1.png" width="700" class="img-border">}}
In the **"Folder"** box, enter **"\\nrdstor.unl.edu\nrdstor"**.
{{< figure src="/images/windows_nrdstor.png" width="700" class="img-border">}}
Click on "Finish". You will be prompted to sign in to an account. **Use your University credentials to sign in, NOT your HCC credentials**. Both your University username and email address will work.
{{< figure src="/images/Network_Credintials_1.png" width="700" class="img-border">}}
{{< figure src="/images/Network_Credintials_2.png" width="700" class="img-border">}}
Once authentication has been successful, NRDStor will now be available from the side bar as a remote location.
{{< figure src="/images/NRDSTOR_Drive_1.png" width="700" class="img-border">}}
{{< figure src="/images/NRDSTOR_2.png" width="700" class="img-border">}}
You can **rename** the NRDStor by right click on the **"NRDStor"** drive and choose **rename**. We rename the drive **"NRDStor"**.
In the future, NRDStor can be access from the side bar or from the **"Network Locations"**, and you can navigate to your group and user directories.
{{< figure src="/images/Rename_Drive_1.png" width="700" class="img-border">}}.
{{< figure src="/images/Rename_Drive_2.png" width="700" class="img-border">}}.
Next: [Accessing NRDStor from Mac]({{< relref "Mac" >}})
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title = "The Nebraska Research Data Storage (NRDStor)"
description = "Using The Nebraska Research Data Storage (NRDStor)"
weight = "60"
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### Overview of NRDStor
The Nebraska Research and Data Storage (NRDStor) is a storage platform with wide accessibility for the research data needs of Nebraska's researchers. NRDStor is accessible from a mounted network drive on your on-campus lab computer, your laptop connected on campus or through the University of Nebraska VPN, the Swan supercomputer, an Anvil VM, or through a web browser.
{{% panel theme="danger" header="**Sensitive and Protected Data**" %}} HCC (Including NRDStor) currently has no storage that is suitable for HIPAA, PHI, PID, classified or other data sets for which access is legally restricted. Users are not permitted to store such data on HCC machines.
{{% /panel %}}
Data download and upload speeds vary on a variety of factors, including file size, system load, your computer's internet speed, and more.
The examples below are assuming a modern laptop uploading/downloading a large 25GB video file.
- Home internet **1gbps** plan: **30 seconds**
- Home internet **500 mbps** plan: **1 minute**
- Home internet **100 mbps** plan: **4.5 minutes**
- Home internet **25 mbps** plan: **17.5 minutes**
- University Wi-Fi **(30-300mbps)**: **1.5 - 14.5 minutes**
- University Wired Network **(1gbps)**: **30 seconds**
### Installing NU-VPN
If you are not on a University of Nebraska campus, you will need to connect to the NU-VPN using this guide from ITS https://services.unl.edu/service/virtual-private-network-vpn-global-protect/vpn-client-installation-guide. If you are on Campus, no additional software is needed.
### Accessing NRDStor
NRDStor has two current methods of access, directly on Swan similar to the existing filesystems and through the CIFS/SMB protocol https://www.samba.org/ on a laptop, desktop, or workstation connected to an NU network.
- [Accessing NRDStor From SWAN]({{< relref "SWAN" >}})
- [Accessing NRDStor From Windows]({{< relref "Windows" >}})
- [Accessing NRDStor From Mac]({{< relref "Mac" >}})
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