Managing Data

Storage location on Pawsey systems:

Topaz:

  • /home - used to store software configuration files that cannot be easily located elsewhere.
  • /scratch - used to store data in use by jobs that are actively queued and running on the supercomputer
  • /group - used to store software and slurm batch scripts

Setonix:

  • /home - used to store software configuration files that cannot be easily located elsewhere. (1 GB per user)
  • /software - used to store h Pawsey and researcher software installations and Slurm batch scripts. (256 GB per project)
  • /scratch - used to store data in use by jobs that are actively queued and running on the supercomputer. (1 PB limit)

Topaz, Setonix, Nimbus and your PC:

  • Acacia object storage - High-speed object storage for hosting research data online. It will replace /group on Topaz in the near future.

  • /home and /scratch on Topaz may be different than /home and /scratch on Setonix.
  • Files on /scratch are deleted automatically after 30 days from their last access.
  • Data on /scratch should be moved to Acacia as soon as possible.