Transit¶
Transit is an UPPMAX service that can be used to securely transfer files between online locations, such as your local computer, Bianca, Rackham and other sensitive data clusters.
Is Transit a file server?
Transit is a service, not a file server. Transit is not a file server, as it does not store files.
This can be observed by uploading files to Transit and then closing this connection before sending the files to a permanent location: the Transit-only files will disappear.
What is Transit?
A Swedish post box. The yellow post box is for non-regional mail, the blue for regional mail.
Transit can be viewed as a post box, where the file you upload is a letter.
If you put a letter without an address in a post box, it will be thrown away.
If you put an address on the letter, the letter will be delivered. Here, 'putting an address on the letter' is to copy the file to the desired location.