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Storage element

To access the Storage Element you need a valid grid certificate, following for example this guide (for INFN users).

Then to use SRM you need also to be registered to the muoncoll.infn.it vo. If not register here.

Tip

A page to monitor space usage can be found here.

Info

The SE endpoint is: storm-fe-archive.cr.cnaf.infn.it:8444

Info

The reserved area is: storm-fe-archive.cr.cnaf.infn.it:8444/muoncoll

Gfal utils

As example you can use the gfal utils to interact with it, most used commands are:

  • gfal-ls: List information about the files
  • gfal-xattr: Display attributes of a file or set them to a new value
  • gfal-cat: Concatenate file to standard output
  • gfal-mkdir: Create the DIRECTORY(ies), if they do not already exist
  • gfal-copy: Copy files
  • gfal-stat: Display extended information about a file or directory
  • gfal-chmod: Change the permissions of a file
  • gfal-rename: Renames SOURCE to DESTINATION
  • gfal-sum: Calculates the checksum of the specified file, using a specified checksum algoritm
  • gfal-rm: Removes each specified file or directory
  • gfal-save: Reads from stdin and writes to a file until it finds EOF

Some examples:

gfal-ls srm://storm-fe-archive.cr.cnaf.infn.it:8444/muoncoll

gfal-copy <file.name>  srm://storm-fe-archive.cr.cnaf.infn.it:8444/muoncoll/
gfal-rm srm://storm-fe-archive.cr.cnaf.infn.it:8444/muoncoll/<file.name>

Info

More details and ways to reach it can be found here