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You can use the usual methods to copy to and from your RDS drive as you would from any off-network location, i.e. see for details Research Data Store
Or you can mount your RDS drive on your image using a tool like sshfs with these commands:
sudo apt install sshfs
mkdir /home/ubuntu/myRDS
sshfs unikey@research<unikey>@research-data-ext.sydney.edu.au:/rds/PRJ-yourproject <yourproject> /home/ubuntu/myRDS
Done! Now you can copy back and forth between RDS and your RONIN machine seamlessly.
If you need to , un-mount your drive, use:
sudo umount /home/ubuntu/myRDS
Note: there is a cost (~$0.15/GB) for copying data TO your RDS drive (data egress). Copy Copying data from your RDS is free (data ingress).
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Yes! If you want to keep your data in the AWS cloud, you can add and use S3 storage as required. , for details see:
https://blog.ronin.cloud/object-storage/
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