/home |
Secure file system for the user's critical information. |
Boasts data replication and robust backup mechanisms. |
Accessible from all SCITAS clusters. Limited to 100 GB per user. |
Free of charge. |
Yes |
Data will be erased after two years of inactivity or 6 months after leaving EPFL, whichever occurs first. |
/work |
Team storage, ideal for users needing substantial storage capacity, particularly for research data retention over several years. |
Efficient file system with significant storage capacity. Option for data backup available upon request. |
Accessible from all SCITAS clusters. Quota: 20 TB, may be increased upon request. |
Pay-per-use model |
Available upon request |
Data will be erased 6 months after the cessation of payment. |
/export |
Provides exported spaces extending accessibility beyond the clusters. |
Efficient file system with significant storage capacity. Versatile options with specific protocols for seamless access and data sharing. Option for data backup available upon request. |
These file systems offer seamless integration, being not only accessible from all SCITAS clusters but also available to any computer connected to the EPFL network. They support NFS & SMB protocols |
Pay-per-use model |
Available upon request |
Data will be erased 6 months after the cessation of payment. |
/transfer |
Temporary storage during data transfers between SCITAS and other global HPC centers. |
Optimized to quickly process a large volume of inodes, enhancing the speed of data transfers. |
Accessible from the front-end nodes and the specialized machine scitas-transfer.epfl.ch |
Usage is included in the compute services. |
No |
Files older than 30 days will be automatically removed without notice. |
/archive |
Preservation of cold data and very long-term storage exceeding 10 years, ideal for research data that does not require rapid restoration. |
Slow tape-based file system to offer extensive storage capacity. For maximum security, data is automatically duplicated across two sites. |
Accessible from all SCITAS clusters. |
Pay-per-use model |
No |
Data will be erased 6 months after the cessation of payment. |
/scratch |
Temporary storage needs and high-speed data processing. |
Offers high-performance storage with faster read/write capabilities, suitable for computation-intensive tasks. |
Each /scratch space is cluster-specific (/scratch on cluster A is not accessible from cluster B, and vice versa), optimized for swift data processing and temporary storage. |
Usage is included in the compute services. |
No |
Files older than 30 days are automatically removed without notice. |
/tmp/${SLURM_JOB_ID} |
Local temporary storage needs for ultra high-speed data processing tasks. |
This high-performance storage solution offers fast read/write speeds, perfect for sequential jobs on a single compute node. |
Exclusively available from the compute node itself. It is not accessible from login nodes. |
Usage is included in the compute services. |
No |
Data will be automatically erased at the end of the job. |