Storage Costs
Personal Storage (/home)
Each user is given 100GB of personal storage for use with their supercomputer account.
| Storage | Purpose | Free Starting Amount | Cost per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sol | /home directory | 100GB | No charge |
| Phoenix | /home directory | 100GB | No charge |
| All supercomputers | Group-shared directory | 100GB | No charge |
More about class resources can be seen at Academic Course Support.
Project-Based Storage (/data)
Project-based storage permits filesharing at higher volumes between organizational units. The /data filesystem is available to connect to on supercomputers and Co-located VMs.
| Storage | Protocols | Purpose | Free Starting Amount | Cost per TB/year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Project-based Storage | NFS, SMB, Globus | Project file storage | 100GB | $50 |
Long-Term Storage
"Canyon" tape-storage provides long-term cold storage (similar to AWS Glacier) suitable for archival and long-term data preservation.
| Storage | Protocols | Purpose | Cost per TB/year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long-Term Storage | Globus, Cyberduck | Long-term cold file storage | $10 |
Temporary space (/scratch)
The /scratch filesystem is high-speed, low-latency storage available to all users at no cost. It is a shared resource whose capacity is shared among all users on the supercomputer. You can read more about it in the Scratch filesystem page.