NCSA Scientific Computing: UniTree

UniTree (now known as DiskXtender) is the mass storage system available to all NCSA users for permanent storage of data. Your UniTree login is the same as that on the NCSA machines.

UniTree Access

You can access UniTree in one of three ways using the ftp utility:

ftp mss.ncsa.uiuc.edu: This needs to be the kerberized ftp client (/usr/local/krb5/bin/ftp on NCSA production machines). See NCSA's Security page for information on installing kerberos on your local machine. mssftp and msscmd (described below) are recommended for accessing UniTree from NCSA production machines since they provide better performance.
mssftp: mssftp is available on all NCSA production machines. mssftp will automatically connect you to UniTree without the need to enter a login name or password (see man mssftp).
msscmd: msscmd, a command line interface to mssftp, is available on all NCSA production machines, can be used both interactively and in batch scripts (see man msscmd).

Note: On the NCSA IBM p690 and the SGI Altix, the saveafterjob utility is available for automated, guaranteed saving of files from batch jobs to mass storage. See the document Automated Saving of Files from Batch Jobs for details.

Mass Storage System -- UniTree

UniTree Access

UniTree Documentation and Online Resources