Guidelines


Data Access Instructions

All published datasets are available for download via rsync.

Local Access

Datasets available at your local institution should be accessable at /programs/datagrid/$dataset_number

Download Instructions

  1. Run the following command from your Terminal on a Linux or OS X workstation:

    2. rsync -av rsync://data.sbgrid.org/10.15785/SBGRID/$dataset_number

    • Faster access may be available from a Tier 1 site closer to your location.
      Substitute any of the following for the domain in the rsync command above.
      •  
      • sbgrid.icm.uu.se (Uppsala University in Sweden)
      • sbgrid.pasteur.edu.uy (Institut Pasteur de Montevideo in Uruguay)
      • sbgrid.ncpss.org (Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences in China)

  2. After the transfer is completed, issue the following command to verify data integrity:

    3. cd $dataset_number ; shasum -c files.sha