Getting Started with Mediaflux
- Andy Tseng (Deactivated)
- Raj Sundararajan
- Jared Winton
How to access Mediaflux
You will not be able to access Mediaflux until resources are provisioned for you (and your account is enabled to access those resources - UoM researchers can see this page: https://gateway.research.unimelb.edu.au/platforms-data-and-reporting/data-and-computation/research-computing-services-rcs/our-services/data-storage-and-management)
Data stored on Mediaflux can be accessed in many ways. We recommend the Mediaflux Explorer as the best starting place.
Ways in which you can access Mediaflux include:
Through dedicated clients with strong data integrity protections (through the HTTPS protocol), such as:
- Mediaflux Explorer (a Java-based GUI application, recommended as the best starting place for working with your data), or
- Our specialist: unimelb command-line clientsUsing a third-party sftp client
Through a web-based portal (Mediaflux Desktop)
By mounting as a network drive (within the University network or via the University VPN) - this uses the SMB protocol.
By using the rsync command line tool for syncing data - more info here
The Mediaflux server name is mediaflux.researchsoftware.unimelb.edu.au. Additional information is available on the list of all access methods supported by the University. In here you will find further information such as the port for each protocol.
Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) for Mediaflux is now available. To learn more and enrol, visit: Mediaflux MFA
How to work with your Project Data
Because Mediaflux is a very diverse system, it is not possible to describe everything you can do with it. Instead, we focus on some basic tasks that are relevant to managing research data. What you can do depends a little on the interface you are using. So our approach will be to describe scenarios, and then discuss which tools are most relevant to it.
Processes to do with accounts, provisioning storage, and to set which users access each project are currently handled by the Research Computing Services data support team.
Feel free to contact us for more information.
Spartan HPC Service Users at the University of Melbourne
Some of the data movement tools described in the upload/download links above are conveniently provided to Spartan users via the Spartan module system.
Software Downloads
Please see this link for downloads including various Mediaflux client applications.
Managing user access to your project
Please see this link for info on giving others access to your mediaflux project data