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Home | Work | Scratch | |
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quota | 10 GB | 1024 GB = 1 TB | 12+ PB (basically infinite) |
policy | backed up | not backed up, not purged | not backed up, purged if not accessed recently (~10 days) |
access command | cd | cdw | cds |
environment variable | $HOME | $STOCKYARD (root of the shared Work file system) $WORK (different sub-directory for each cluster) | $SCRATCH |
root file system | /home | /work | /scratch |
use for | Small files such as scripts that you don't want to lose. | Medium-sized artifacts you don't want to copy over all the time. For example, custom programs you install (these can get large), or annotation file used for analysis. | Large files accessed from batch jobs. Your starting files will be copied here from somewhere else, and your final results files will be copied elsewhere (e.g. stockyard, corral, or your BRCF POD). |
When you first login, the system gives you information about disk quota and your compute allocation quota:
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