📄️ File System Overview
The table below summarizes the various storage paths available on the supercomputer, their user limits, and their intended usage scenarios:
📄️ Scratch File System (/scratch)
The /scratch space on Research Computing supercomputers is a shared storage resource for temporary files and is available to all users. The scratch space provides short-term storage for immediate use during computational jobs. Each user is responsible for limiting their use of scratch storage to minimize the impact on other users.
📄️ Horizon - Project storage (/data)
This page provides comprehensive information about the "Horizon" /data mount, a dedicated storage solution for Research Computing supercomputers.
📄️ Canyon - Long-term storage
Canyon is a long-term storage system that serves as a cold storage/archive system, similar to AWS Glacier. It can be accessed through Globus and enables you to transfer data from any of your existing Globus endpoints.
📄️ /home Directory Cleanup Guide
/home directories on ASU supercomputers have a 100 GiB limit. If your home directory becomes full, you may receive errors during running jobs or terminal commands. You will also be unable to create new sessions from the web portal.
📄️ Snapshot Recovery
/home and /data directories are backed up daily and available for up to 28 days in the past.