- Option 1: Delete (unnecessary data)
- Option 2: /netscratch (temporary data)
- Option 3: Tape Archive (cold data)
- Option 4: Isilon (online data)
Recommended storage location for old data
Option 1: Delete (unnecessary data) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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What is not needed anymore can be deleted with the Windows Explorer or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Option 2: /netscratch (Temporary data) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Features: 50 TB space available for up to 90 days at
Documentation: https://intranet.awi.de/infrastruktur/rechenzentrum/dienste/file-service.html | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Option 3: Tape Archive (cold data) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Features: Cheap (nearly) unlimited space available, two data copies in building D and E for security reasons.
Note 1: In case of a disaster (e.g., building E burns down) it might take some weeks/months to recover all data. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Option 4: Isilon (online data) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Features: Fast central network storage, daily snapshots (kept for six month, protection against user errors), erasure coding (protection against hardware failure), replication to Potsdam (protection against facility disaster)
Note 2: Option 3 (Tape Archive) could be used in addition to Option 3 for additional data protection in case of a disaster. Note 3: There will be no charge for relocated data (from unixfs/winfs) until further notice (right of continuance, "Bestandsschutz") Note 4: Data on the Isilon is accassible from (parts of) ollie and could be processed using HPC. |