2 Storage

Storage at VAI

How Lab storage is laid out at VAI

• Data gets stored on our research storage sytem.
• It is visible from all nodes.
• Every node sees storage in the same way
• Data Storage at VAI is organized around labs/groups, not individuals!

/home/user.name (not for data)

• Every user has a home directory
• Since data is organized around labs, this personal user directory is tiny and just for minor preferences and administrative files.
• All data and tools should be in your Lab storage
• user storage is only 20GB

/varidata/research/projects/labname

• this is your main storage
• for data and tools
• But not for everything, certain documents etc should probably be stored in your oneDrive outside of HPC. ie offer letters, payroll info.
• every lab gets 20TB and can buy more.

/varidata/researchtemp/hpctmp

• This is an area of research storage that has no cost, but is not guaranteed to be permanant.
• as it fills up, things may get automatically deleted.
• no cost, great for intermediate data and processing.
• make sure you copy anything important back to your research storage.

TASK, lets log into to Ondemand and check the storage out. https://ondemand.hpc.vai.org

Quotas (viewing your labs free space)

• you can view your labs storage at:
  • http://hpc-dashboard.aws.vai.org/storage.html
• by default only the labs that are getting full are shown on the front page.
• but you can view your lab by name and bookmark it.
• in the event you fill up your home dir, you will get an automated email.

Accessing data as a network drive

• You can also connect to your lab data as a network drive.
• smb://pn.vai.org on mac
• \\pn.vai.org. on windows
• This only words on official VAI equipment, best when at VAI.