Accessing Data on External Server

I have many terabytes of data stored on an external server that I would like to access from my local laptop. Is there a way to map a path to an external server? I don't want to copy the files locally since they are far too big to fit on the local computer. Rather, I want to use matlab to read a series of external files and extract a single variable from each and then save that variable locally. Is there a way for for me to access files on an external server without moving them locally?

Answer 1

[Laurie]

Hello,

I have the exact same question than you. Have you found a solution to your problem since then?

Thank you

[SR]

I think we did end up coming up with a solution but I never ended up using it much so I can't remember all of the details. We mounted an external directory (like what they are discussing in solution 1 here: https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/34413-how-to-point-to-folders-files-on-a-remote-server-in-matlab )

So I just mounted the external directory (I use Linux so I used the 'mount' command, this might be different depending on your OS) and did that within my Matlab folder so that I didn't even need to add the path.

[Laurie]

Thank you for your prompt reply, I will try to adapt that on Windows.