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## Storage Systems
## Storage Systems
For an easier grasp on the major categories (size, speed), the
work filesystems now come with the names of animals.
### Permanent Filesystems
### Permanent Filesystems
We now have
`/home`
,
`/projects`
and
`/software`
in a Lustre filesystem. Snapshots
We now have
`/home`
and
`/software`
in a Lustre filesystem. Snapshots
and tape backup are configured. For convenience, we will make the old home available
and tape backup are configured. (
`/projects`
remains the same until a recabling.)
read-only as
`/home_old`
on the data mover nodes for the data migration period.
`/warm_archive`
is mounted on the data movers, only.
The Lustre filesystem
`/data/walrus`
is meant for larger data with a slow
access. It is installed to replace
`/warm_archive`
.
### Work Filesystems
### Work Filesystems
With new players with new software in the filesystem market it is getting more and more
In the filesystem market with new players it is getting more and more
complicated to identify the best suited filesystem for temporary data. In many cases,
complicated to identify the best suited filesystem for a specific use case. Often,
only tests can provide the right answer, for a short time.
only tests can find the best setup for a specific workload.
For an easier grasp on the major categories (size, speed), the work filesystems now come
with the names of animals:
*
`/data/horse`
- 20 PB - high bandwidth (Lustre)
*
`/data/horse`
- 20 PB - high bandwidth (Lustre)
*
`/data/octopus`
- 0.5 PB - for interactive usage (Lustre)
*
`/data/octopus`
- 0.5 PB - for interactive usage (Lustre)
- to be mounted on AlphaCentauri
*
`/data/weasel`
- 1 PB - for high IOPS (WEKA) - coming
soon
*
`/data/weasel`
- 1 PB - for high IOPS (WEKA) - coming
2024.
### Difference Between "Work" And "Permanent"
### Difference Between "Work" And "Permanent"
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our snapshots and backup from work data,
our snapshots and backup from work data,
`/projects`
cannot be used for temporary data on the compute nodes - it is mounted read-only.
`/projects`
cannot be used for temporary data on the compute nodes - it is mounted read-only.
For
`/home`
, we create snapshots and tape backups. That's why working there,
with a high frequency of changing files is a bad idea.
Please use our data mover mechanisms to transfer worthy data to permanent
Please use our data mover mechanisms to transfer worthy data to permanent
storages.
storages
or long-term archives
.
## Migration Phase
## Migration Phase
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will run side-by-side - both with their respective filesystems. We provide a comprehensive
will run side-by-side - both with their respective filesystems. We provide a comprehensive
[
description of the migration to Barnard
](
migration_to_barnard.md
)
.
[
description of the migration to Barnard
](
migration_to_barnard.md
)
.
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