# Accessing remote server data locally for 3D plotting purposes

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/accessing-remote-server-data-locally-for-3d-plotting-purposes/119853>\
**Category:** Visualization\
**Tags:** plotting, ssh, glmakie\
**Created:** [September 25, 2024, 10:02am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/accessing-remote-server-data-locally-for-3d-plotting-purposes/119853 "2024-09-25T10:02:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Gavin\_Held](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/gavin_held/32/49350_2.png) [@Gavin\_Held](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Gavin_Held)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2024, 10:02am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/accessing-remote-server-data-locally-for-3d-plotting-purposes/119853/1 "2024-09-25T10:02:58Z")

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Hello,

I work with large simulation data, on the order of 100s GB- 1TB, through a remote server. The clusters on which I run and store data do not play well with GLMakie/3D plotting as the login nodes do not have a gpu.

I am wondering if there is a possibility to access/stream this data on the remote server from a local machine (through ssh) with a gpu, so that creating 3D plots is a possibility.

Is this possible with julia?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![sdanisch](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/sdanisch/32/1406_2.png) [@sdanisch](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sdanisch)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2024, 10:43am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/accessing-remote-server-data-locally-for-3d-plotting-purposes/119853/2 "2024-09-25T10:43:33Z")

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You can use WGLMakie!

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**Author:** ![Gavin\_Held](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/gavin_held/32/49350_2.png) [@Gavin\_Held](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Gavin_Held)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2024, 11:35am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/accessing-remote-server-data-locally-for-3d-plotting-purposes/119853/3 "2024-09-25T11:35:50Z")

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I have never messed around with WGLMakie, but it seems like it should have the solution to my problem. Thanks!