Data Storage

Home Folder

The home folder is where all your personal files are stored, and users cannot access other users’ home spaces. We are working on setting storage quotas for user home spaces once we have scratch storage up and running. However, if you predict that you may need more than several terabytes (TB) of storage, please email hpc@uco.edu.

Project Space

If you are working with a group of users, you might want to consider using a project space. Upon request, we can create a shared directory and grant access to a group of users with one user being the owner. We can also adjust read and write permissions to suit the needs of your group.

Scratch Storage (Coming Soon)

If you run jobs that tend to write a lot of temporary data to disk, or if you need to temporarily store data for a very short duration (less than two weeks), consider using scratch storage. Scratch storage is meant to be large, fast, and volatile. Scratch storage will be cleared out on a regular basis (schedule TBD). Make sure you regularly check and backup any files you may need long-term that is currently in scratch storage.