How to:

• If you do not have an account on the CfA's R&G computers:
  1. Make a request through the Searchable Data List . Data will be copied to an anonymous ftp area and you will be sent an e-mail detailing retrieval methods.
  2. Install the MIR or MIRIAD software package on your home machine and process from there.
• If you do have an account on the R&G computers:
  1. Retrieve the data files from the appropriate archiving machine (see table below).
  2. Process the data locally, using either MIR or MIRIAD.

Notes:

1. Prior to May 2007, testing data (baseline, engineering, flux, pointing, and priming) were mixed in with the science data. They are now directed to their own areas, i.e., rtdc2:/data/sma/baseline/mir_data,   rtdc2:/data/sma/engineering/mir_data,   rtdc2:/data/sma/flux/mir_data,   rtdc2:/data/sma/pointing/mir_data,   rtdc2:/data/sma/priming/mir_data
2. Large data sets (> 4.3 GB) must be processed on a 64-bit machine (RGLINUX6 or RTDC2). Small data sets (< 4.3 GB) can be processed on these machines or on RGLINUX4. RTDC1 is full and not available for data processing.
3. Please do not use your home directory for analyzing large data sets. Ask for a temporary work area, if you need one.