Storage resources overview#

Specifications#

The SCITAS IT infrastructure represents a state-of-the-art, data-centric hardware ecosystem designed to support the main tasks in scientific computing workflows. Like computing resources, the storage system is billed using a pay-per-use model. This means each lab only pays for the disk space they actually use and not for a quota of disk space.

The storage is organized in three different categories, each having a specific purpose:

• Central storage: the centralized service allows data access across all computing infrastructures, complying with the POSIX standard. Data in the /work directory is accessible through the EPNET network using NFS and SMB protocols. SCITAS also provides an object storage service for scientific data exchange that is accessible from the Internet.
• Archiving Storage: the long-term storage solution includes 20'000 TB tape storage, multi-tiering driven by user, configured in full multi-site backup (10'000TB).
• Temporary Storage: each cluster is equipped with a high-performance, parallel "scratch" storage space, designated specifically for the temporary housing of data during scientific computations.

Storage infrastructure#