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The filesystems available are

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HOME and PERM

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The filesystems available are HOME, PERM, and are completely isolated from those in other ECMWF platforms in Reading such as ECGATE or the Cray HPCF.

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File

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OneDrive

File System

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TechnologyFeaturesQuota
HOMEpermanent files, e. g. .profile, utilities, sources, libraries, etc. NFSIt is backed up. Limited I/O performance20GBSee HPC2020: Filesystems
PERMpermanent files without the need for automated backups, smaller input files for serial or small processing, std output, etc.NFSIt is backed up. Limited I/O performance20GBSee HPC2020: Filesystems

OneDrive

Sharing information with end user device and other ECMWF or external usersMicrosoft

Cloud based. See How to configure and mount OneDrive - Linux Virtual Desktop VDI FAQ

1TB (see OneDrive)



Warning

Please be aware that any "local" filesystems, like /tmp, will be cleaned up every month when the virtual machine is recreated from the latest updated image. So do not use those to store any information that you may want to keep.


export TMPDIR=$SCRATCHDIR

Tip
titleEnvironment variables

Those filesystems can be conveniently referenced from your session and scripts using the environment variables of the same name: $HOME, $PERM, $HPCPERM$SCRATCH, $SCRATCHDIR and $TMPDIR.

$TEMP, which in the past was an alias to $SCRATCH, has been deprecated and is no longer defined. Please use $SCRATCH instead

Tip
titleMore capacity for $TMPDIR?

If the limits on the SSD-backed $TMPDIR on the shared nodes are not enough for you, you may point your TMPDIR to SCRATCHDIR:

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Tip
titleHow much have I used?

You can check your current usage and limits with the "ecquota" command

New filesystem structure

You will notice your filesystems have now a flatter and simpler name structure. If you port any scripts or code that had paths to filesystems hardcoded from older platforms, please make sure you update them. Where possible, try and use the environment variables provided, which should work on both sides pointing to the right location in each case:

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