New file system available on Fermi: $WORK

Dear users,

on the Fermi machine is now available a new file system. This is accessible via the $WORK variable and is defined for each project active on Fermi, with a disk quota of 1TB (that can be increased on request).
All collaborators of the project (and only them) have read and write permission here, that can be used as a collaborative area, as an alternative to $CINECA_SCRATCH.

If you have multiple projects, you do have multiple $WORK areas. You can manage this through the "chprj" (change project) command ("chprj -h" for more info).

Data in the $WORK area are permanent (preserved up to three months after the completion of the project). $CINECA_SCRATCH, on the other end, is to be considered temporary. Starting from March 5, 2014 a daily procedure will cancel files older than 30 days.

Find out all details on our guide (http://www.hpc.cineca.it/content/hpc-user-guide), with particular attention to the section: General-Info/Production-Environment (http://www.hpc.cineca.it/content/production-environment-and-tools-0)

Best regards,

HPC User Support @ CINECA