The Core Filesystem (/asap3/<facility>/gpfs) is accessible via several protocols. Accessing the Core filesystem is only possible from within the DESY network and always requires a valid DESY account.

Access Methods

Native GPFS - via Maxwell

The Core filesystem is mounted on the Maxwell Analysis cluster. For more information, see Maxwell for Photon Science

SMB - For Windows, macOS and Linux users

For Windows, macOS and Linux users from Office networks, SMB is the recommended way to access the Core filesystem.

Linux desktop users should also access the Core filesystem via SMB, as it does not require any root permissions or configuration on the clients.
This is currently the only way to mount the Core filesystem on a DESY green desktop installation.

Each individual facility or research group has its own share:

Facilities

FacilityPath on GPFSShare Name

PETRA III

/asap3/petra3/gpfs

\\asap3.desy.de\petra3-core

FLASH

/asap3/flash/gpfs\\asap3.desy.de\flash-core
Special Instruments/asap3/spec.instruments/gpfs\\asap3.desy.de\spec.instruments-core

Research Groups

Research GroupPath on GPFSShare Name
FS-FLASH-O/asap3/fs-flash-o/gpfs\\asap3.desy.de\fs-flash-o

NFSv4 - For Linux users

While SMB is still the recommended way to access the Core filesystem, certain use-cases require an NFS mount.

For this purpose, an NFSv4 export with and without Kerberos is available.

Facilities

FacilityPath on GPFSNFS Export

PETRA III

/asap3/petra3/gpfs

asap3.desy.de:/asap3/petra3/gpfs

FLASH

/asap3/flash/gpfsasap3.desy.de:/asap3/flash/gpfs
Special Instruments/asap3/spec.instruments/gpfsasap3.desy.de://asap3/spec.instruments/gpfs

Research Groups

Research GroupPath on GPFSNFS Export
FS-FLASH-O/asap3/fs-flash-o/gpfsasap3.desy.de:/asap3/fs-flash-o/gpfs

Mounting via NFSv4 with Kerberos

Mounting the Core filesystem via Kerberos requires root privileges on the client machine.

mount -o nfsvers=4.0,sec=krb5,hard <NFS Export> <local directory>

Example

mount -o nfsvers=4.0,sec=krb5,hard asap3.desy.de:/asap3/flash/gpfs /asap3/flash/gpfs

Additional configuration and a kerberos keytab is required on the client machine, this out of scope for this documentation.

Mounting via NFSv4 without Kerberos

Mounting the Core filesystem without Kerberos requires root privileges. Due to the security implications for this type of mount, this must be explicitly requested, as the host will be included in a whitelist.
Please contact FS-EC (fs-ec@desy.de) in order to be included in the whitelist.

mount -o nfsvers=4.0,sec=sys,hard <NFS Export> <local directory>

Example

mount -o nfsvers=4.0,sec=sys,hard asap3.desy.de:/asap3/flash/gpfs /asap3/flash/gpfs

Additional configuration is required on the client machine, this is out of scope for this documentation.