Finding the full path to your Research Data Storage Service (RDSS) share

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How to identify the full path of your RDSS/FSMResfiles share to set up access to the RDSS Globus endpoint.

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Quest and Kellogg Linux Cluster Downtime, March 22 - 31.

Quest, including the Quest Analytics Nodes, the Genomics Compute Cluster (GCC), the Kellogg Linux Cluster (KLC), and Quest OnDemand, will be unavailable for scheduled maintenance starting at 8 A.M. on Saturday, March 22, and ending approximately at 5 P.M. on Monday, March 31. During the maintenance window, you will not be able to login to Quest, Quest Analytics Nodes, the GCC, KLC, or Quest OnDemand submit new jobs, run jobs, or access files stored on Quest in any way including Globus. For details on this maintenance, please see the Status of University IT Services page.

Quest RHEL8 Pilot Environment

The RHEL8 Pilot Environment is available for use now.

Ahead of the March 2025 Downtime, Quest users have the opportunity to test their software and research workflows on CPU nodes and NVIDIA H100 GPU nodes which are running the new RHEL8 OS. Detailed instructions are available on how to submit jobs for the new Operating System in the Knowledge Base article, RHEL8 Pilot Environment.

RHEL8 Pilot Quest log-in nodes can be access via ssh or FastX through using the hostname login.quest.northwestern.edu. Please note that the new hostname login.quest.northwestern.edu will require the GlobalProtect VPN when outside of the United States.

RHEL8 Pilot Quest Analytics nodes can be access via: rstudio.quest.northwestern.edu, jupyterhub.quest.northwestern.edu, and sasstudio.quest.northwestern.edu.

This page describes how to format your RDSS/FSMResfiles filepath when requesting access to Globus

To allow users to access RDSS via Globus, we first need to tell our data transfer node where to look for your files. To do this, we need the full path to your RDSS share.

Step 1: Identify your access zone

Your access zone was determined when the share was created. Two of these access zones are allowed to use Globus to transfer data to and from Quest. 

  •  fsmresfiles.fsm.northwestern.edu is for Feinberg School of Medicine users
  •  resfiles.northwestern.edu is for other unaudited shares

If you're not sure which group you fall into, look at the address that you use to connect to your RDSS share

If you are not in one of these access zones, you will not be able to use Globus to transfer data. 

Step 2: Identify the full path to your share

The easiest way to find the path you want is to connect to your RDSS share, navigate to the folder that you want to access, and copy the path. For detailed instructions, see the sections below.

Mac instructions
Windows instructions

Multiple Shares

If you need access to multiple shares, repeat this process for each share. Provide paths for all shares when requesting access

Need Help?

For help finding the full path to your RDSS share, email rdss-help@northwestern.edu.

Also see our Research Data Management Guide for links to all of our help articles.

Research Data Management Support at Northwestern University

Research computing data services partners with the Office for Research, University Libraries and Galter Health Sciences Library to provide research data management support throughout the research process. Please see the Research Data Management and Sharing page for more information

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Article ID: 2026
Created
Wed 11/16/22 4:40 PM
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Tue 2/25/25 3:23 PM

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