Mounting /projects and /scratch/gpfs to your local machine

Mounting /projects

For Linux and Mac Computers

You can mount /tigress/<YourNetID> to your local machine by using this address:

smb://tigress-cifs.princeton.edu

For mounting /projects use this address:

smb://tigress-cifs.princeton.edu/fileset-<directory>

For instance, if you are trying to mount /projects/ATURING then use:

smb://tigress-cifs.princeton.edu/fileset-aturing

For Windows Computers

For instance, use this base address:

\\tigress-cifs.princeton.edu

Mounting /scratch/gpfs (Della only)

Users can mount /scratch/gpfs for Della using the following addresses (this is not possible for Tiger).

For Linux and Mac Computers

# Della
smb://della-cifs.princeton.edu/<YourNetID>
smb://della-cifs.princeton.edu/fileset-<YourGroupFilesetName>

On macOS creating the mount can be done by choosing "Go" > "Connect to Server ..." in the Finder menu. Then enter the address and choose "Connect". You will need to enter your Princeton NetID and password.

For Windows Computers

# Della
\\della-cifs.princeton.edu\<YourNetID>
\\della-cifs.princeton.edu\fileset-<YourGroupFilesetName>

Other cases

The above instructions (using tigress-cifs or della-cifs) can only be used for /projects or /scratch/gpfs for Della.

To mount /home/<YourNetID> or /scratch/gpfs/<YourNetID> for another cluster, you will need to use a tool like sshfs.

For macOS we recommend FUSE for OSX. Once the software is installed, the mounting can be done by running the following commands on your local machine (e.g., laptop):

$ mkdir mymount
$ sshfs [email protected]:/home/aturing mymount