Request for Command-Line Download Instructions for AABC Release 1 and HCP-YA Datasets

[박정훈]

Dear HCP/AABC Support Team,

My name is Junghoon Justin Park, a PhD student at Seoul National University, Korea.
I am writing to request guidance on downloading large-scale datasets from ConnectomeDB powered by BALSA to a remote server.

• Background:

Due to the substantial size of the datasets I need (20+ TB in total), downloading to a local PC is not feasible. I have IBM Aspera Connect installed on both my browser and my lab's online server (IBM Aspera Connect Linux 3.9.9), and I would like to download the data directly to the server via command line.

• Requested Datasets:

1) Aging Adult Brain Connectome (AABC) Release 1 (all subjects):
- ASL Preprocessed Recommended
- CIFTI Multi-modal IDPs Recommended
- Concatenated fMRI Preprocessed Recommended
- Diffusion Preprocessed Recommended
- Resting State fMRI Preprocessed Recommended
- Structural Preprocessed Recommended
- Task fMRI Preprocessed Recommended

2) HCP-Young Adult 2025 (all subjects):
- Diffusion 3T Preprocessed Recommended
-  Diffusion 7T Preprocessed Recommended
-  Movie fMRI 7T Preprocessed Recommended
-  Resting State fMRI 3T Preprocessed Recommended
-  Resting State fMRI 7T Preprocessed Recommended
-  Retinotopy fMRI 7T Preprocessed Recommended
-  Structural Preprocessed Recommended for 3T and 7T
-  Task fMRI 3T Recommended

• Request:

Could you please provide step-by-step instructions for downloading these datasets via command line (ascp), including any necessary transfer parameters, authentication tokens, or scripts?

I have registered for a BALSA account and agreed to the Data Use Terms. Our research team is fully committed to adhering to all responsibilities for secure, ethical usage and storage of these data. The datasets will be used solely for scientific research purposes.


Thank you very much for your time and assistance.
Please let me know if you need any additional information.


Sincerely, 

Justin

[Elam, Jennifer]

Hi Justin,

Command line options for downloading from BALSA are not functional with our older Aspera server. We are planning to Implement one or more alternatives to the current GUI-based Aspera Connect in the next couple of months, but we don’t have it available yet. What we recommend for now is to mount the target server filesystem from a computer on the same network/in the same building that does have a GUI/browser to interact with Aspera.

Best,

Jenn

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