3. Storage Infrastructure#

The storage is organized according to the VSC storage guidelines

Variable

Type

Access

Backup

Default quota

$VSC_HOME

NFS

VSC

YES

3 GB

$VSC_DATA

NFS

VSC

YES

75 GB

$VSC_SCRATCH

Lustre

Genius & wICE

NO

500 GB

$VSC_SCRATCH_SITE

Genius & wICE

NO

500 GB

$VSC_SCRATCH_NODE

ext4

Genius

wICE

NO

200 GB

600 GB

For more information check: KU Leuven storage

Filesystem name

Intended usage

Total storage space

Personal storage space

VO storage space (+)

$VSC_HOME

Home directory, entry point to the system

51 TB

3GB (fixed)

(none)

$VSC_DATA

Long-term storage of large data files

1.8 PB

25GB (fixed)

250GB

$VSC_SCRATCH

Temporary fast storage of ‘live’ data for calculations

1.9 PB

25GB (fixed)

250GB

$VSC_SCRATCH_ARCANINE

Temporary very fast storage of ‘live’ data for calculations (recommended for very I/O-intensive jobs)

70 TB NVME

(none)

upon request

(+) Storage space for a group of users (Virtual Organisation or VO for short) can be increased significantly on request.

For more information check: HPC-UGent Shared storage

Environment variable

Type

Access

Backup

Default quota

Total capacity

$VSC_HOME

NFS/XFS

VSC

YES

3 GB, 20k files

3.5 TB

$VSC_DATA

NFS/XFS

VSC

YES

25 GB, 100k files

60 TB

$VSC_SCRATCH
$VSC_SCRATCH_SITE

BeeGFS

Site

NO

50 GB, 100k files

0.6 PB

$VSC_SCRATCH_NODE

ext4

Node

NO

node-specific

For node-specific details, see the hardware information for Vaughan, Leibniz and Breniac.

For more information check: UAntwerp storage

Variable

Type

Access

Backup

Default quota

$VSC_HOME

GPFS

VSC

YES

6 GB

$VSC_DATA

GPFS

VSC

YES

50 GB

$VSC_SCRATCH
$VSC_SCRATCH_SITE

GPFS

Hydra

NO

100 GB

$VSC_SCRATCH_NODE

ext4

Node

NO

(no quota)

For more information check: VUB storage