Data Storage

There are 3 main places you can store your data /home, /data and /science.

Location	Size	Speed	Usage	Availability	Redundancy
/home	10GB per user	Fast	Config files, scripts and documents	login01, node001-012, hmem01-02	Not backed up, keep a copy of scripts on your local machine or on /science
/data	340TB Total	Fast	Data and scripts for jobs running on KewHPC	login01, node001-012, hmem01-02	Not backed up, keep a copy of irreplaceable data on /science
/science	238TB Total	Slower	Data and scripts not currently in use, but which need keeping accessible	login01	Daily snapshot taken at 8pm (kept for 16 days). Mirrored between Kew and Wakehurst

There are 2 main areas in /data and /science.

projects

For data shared for a specific project. To access an existing group or to request a new project directory and group you need to contact Matt Clarke and get permission form the groups owner (usually the associated team leader).

users_area

A place for an individual user to run analyses (in the case of /data/users_area) and store data only needed by them.