The Aspera ascp command line client can be downloaded here. Troubleshooting Using Aspera to upload your prepared files Downloading the Aspera ascp command line programĪspera is a commercial file transfer protocol that may provide faster transfer speeds than ftp especially over longer distances. If we note that your submission account increases above 10Tb on a consistent base your password will be changed until metadata is associated
If you are approaching this limit please contact EGA helpdesk so that we can advise on how to register the associated metadata and trigger the archiving of files, so that you can continue with your submission. In order to manage the available resources, we enforce a soft limit of 10Tb per submission account at any one time.
The EGA is a shared, public service with limited resources. Once your submission files have been prepared using the EgaCryptor, the resulting encrypted files and associated md5sum files can be uploaded to your submission account using Aspera or FTP.īefore uploading your encrypted files please make sure that any files that will be uploaded to EGA do not use special characters in their naming convention as this can cause issues with the archiving process and also create problems for end users
