Version 2.0 Oct 2015
contents How To Download Data From CDTS 1. Summary... 2 2. Download data from CDTS... 2 2.1. Through website... 2 2.1.1. Login CDTS... 2 2.1.2. Download... 3 2.2.Via ftp tools... 6 2.2.1. Installation... 7 2.2.2. Connection... 11 2.2.3. Download... 13 2.2.4. Resume transmission... 14 3. Technical Support... 16 1
1. Summary CDTS is a data transmission system which enables clients to download data generated at BGI. Clients may access http://cdts-sz.genomics.cn for ShenZhen CDTS, and http://cdts-hk.genomics.cn for HongKong CDTS, and http://cdts-wh.genomics.cn for WuHan CDTS, and http://cdts-tj.genomics.cn for TianJin CDTS. 2. Download data from CDTS Two ways to download data from CDTS, through website, or via ftp tools. 2.1. Through website 2.1.1. Login CDTS Take ShenZhen CDTS for example, and HongKong, WuHan, TianJin CDTS is just the same. Open your browser to access http://cdts-sz.genomics.cn, then enter your username and password provided by project manager, as follows, (Limititations: CDTS does not support Google Browser. After you enter username and password, it reports error like this, CDTS does support both firefox and IE, but not Safari. 5 processes/user, 600k/process. It means one user can open five download process at the same time, and the maximum download speed of each process can be 600k theoretically. ) 2
Click Login to log in the system. Now you can see all data, as follows, 2.1.2. Download 3
You can click Change directory to change your current location to download files in a multi-level directory. 4
Click FTP Download to download the files you need. Save to the hard drive. 5
2.2.Via ftp tools BGI suggests to use FileZilla Client. It is a fast and reliable cross-platform for FTP, FTPS and SFTP client with lots of useful features and an intuitive graphical user interface. Features: Easy to use Supports FTP, FTP over SSL/TLS (FTPS) and SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) 6
Cross-platform. Runs on Windows, Linux, *BSD, Mac OS X and more IPv6 support Available in many languages Supports resume and transfer of large files >4GB Tabbed user interface Powerful Site Manager and transfer queue Bookmarks Drag & drop support Configurable transfer speed limits Filename filters Directory comparison Network configuration wizard Remote file editing Keep-alive HTTP/1.1, SOCKS5 and FTP-Proxy support Logging to file Synchronized directory browsing Remote file search CDTS does not support transmission resuming at break-points or downloading the entire directory, but FileZilla supports. You can download FileZilla_3.5.0_win32-setup.exe from http://filezilla-project.org/download.php?type=client. 2.2.1. Installation Double-click FileZilla_3.5.0_win32-setup.exe like this, 7
Then click I Agree, Select whether you wish to make this software available to all users or just yourself, click Next, 8
Select all and click Next, Select a browse where to install FileZilla and click Next, 9
Click Install, Ok, now you can click Finish to finish your installation. 10
2.2.2. Connection Open FileZilla by double click the icon. 11
Client should have user FTP address, user name and password from the project manager. If you do not have, please contact your PM or sales representative. Enter the given information to Host: enter cdts-sz.genomics.cn for Shenzhen, cdts-hk.genomics.cn for HongKong, cdts-wh.genomics.cn for WuHan, cdts-tj.genomics.cn for TianJin. Username: enter username provided by project manager. Password: enter password provided by project manager. Port: enter 21 Optional: click Edit -> set up, you can try to reset the timeout to 120s for example since the default timeout of filezilla is 20s when you log in overtime. Then click Quickconnect, 12
After connection, as follows, the blue area on the left is your local disk, and the red area on the right is the data of CDTS. 2.2.3. Download 13
Select the path to store the download files, then double-click the files on right box. The download information/progress is shown in the lower black box. 2.2.4. Resume transmission If your download is interrupted, you can use FileZilla to resume transmission at break-points. First, you must connect the CDTS system again and select the same path where your download file stored last. Then select Resume and click OK to resume transmission. 14
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3. Technical Support For technical support of FTP issues, please contact following BGI staff, other questions please contact your sales representative or project management commissioner: Tel. Email 400-706-6615 info@genomics.cn A reminder, you can always contact your PM or sales representative for any questions. 16