This is mostly relevant only for TUOS HPC users. You need to be connected on the VPN to transfer files, and use the terminal.

From your computer to the remote cluster

scp your/file/path/and/filename.ext UserName@sharc.sheffield.ac.uk:/file/path

You’ll be prompted to type your password. Your file path should be specified relative to your current working directory.

To transfer folders/directories

scp -r your/file/path/to/directory UserName@sharc.sheffield.ac.uk:/file/path

From the remote cluster to your computer

You should be connected on the VPN, but not logged in to the HPC

scp UserName@sharc.sheffield.ac.uk:/file/path/filename.ext your/computer/file/path

Again, you’ll be prompted to type your password, and your computer file path should also be specified relative to your current working directory. Similarly, to transfer folders, just add -r after scp.

File storage on the HPC

There are several data storage repositories available to a HPC user: