===== Box =====

From [[https://axon.ars.usda.gov/OCIO/Pages/OCIO-Communication.aspx|Bluey Communication]] of May 3, 2018 - OCIO has awarded the Box contract and the start-up process will begin within the next two weeks and complete by August 2018. Most box accounts were actually created on June 28, 2018.

You can sign into your account using your ARS email address at\\
https://ars-usda.app.box.com/

Storage space is unlimited, file size is limited to ≤15 GiB or ≤16,106,127,360 bytes, which is the same as UW box accounts.

==== Sharing with collaborators ====
If you want to share a folder, sign in to the [[https://ars-usda.app.box.com/|box web page]]\\
Then: Share → Invite collaborators → email address → permission level → Send invites

**Really big files** If you have files over 15 GBytes to send to or receive from someone, Doug can set up an FTP site on our NAS server

==== AFS ====

To transfer your files from AFS to box, let [[mailto:dsenalik@wisc.edu|Doug]] know.
He will copy files directly from the AFS server to a box folder using [[https://rclone.org/|rclone]].\\
This may take a few days if it is a large directory.\\
When it is copied, the AFS account will be set to read-only, and the ownership of the box folder will be transferred to you.

Although all files will show a date of when they were transferred to box, the original file
modification date and time is preserved.\\
To view this, click on the **...** "More options" button → Properties → File Information

==== Large Files ====
A file too large to backup to box can be split with (on linux):\\
''split -b 15G -d filename filename-part''\\
and rejoined later with\\
''cat filename-part* > filename''

==== Copying files using Windows ====
You will probably want to install the Box Drive client.\\
To download the latest version: [[https://www.box.com/resources/downloads/drive|https://www.box.com/resources/downloads/drive]]

[[BoxMyDocuments|How to automatically backup your "My Documents" folder]]

==== Copying files using Linux ====
You can use [[https://rclone.org/|rclone]] to sync files to or from a Linux computer.

[[https://vcru.wisc.edu/simonlab/bioinformatics/programs/install/rclone.htm|rclone installation notes]]