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-:!: There is a new Lustre parallel file system mounted on ''/mnt/lustre3p''.  The old Lustre on ''/mnt/lustre'' will be decommissioned on 1 June 2021 and so **//you must copy over the files you will need by// 31 May 2021.** See the [[howto:datamigration|data migration how to]] for more information and guidance on how to copy your data.  +:!: To prevent data loss the CHPC has to be strict about its 90 day life time policy for files on Lustre.  Please manage your data carefully and always keep off site backups on all needed files.
  
  
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 ^ Name  ^ Mount point  ^  File System ^  Size ^  Quota ^  Backup ^ Access  ^ ^ Name  ^ Mount point  ^  File System ^  Size ^  Quota ^  Backup ^ Access  ^
-| "Home"  | ''/home''  | NFS  | 80 TB  | 15 GB  | No*  | Yes  |  +| "Home"  | ''/home''  | NFS  | 80 TB  | 45 GB  | No*  | Yes  |  
-| **"Lustre"**  | **''/mnt/lustre3p/users''**  | Lustre  | **3 PB**  | none  | NO  | Yes  |  +| "Lustre"  | ''/mnt/lustre/users''  | Lustre  | 4 PB  | none  | NO  | Yes  |  
-| "//Old// Lustre"  | ''/mnt/lustre''  | Lustre  | 4 PB  | none  | NO  | **To be //decommissioned// after 31 May 2021**  |  +| "Apps"  | ''/apps''  | NFS  | 20 TB  | none  | No  | On request  |  
-| "Apps"  | ''/apps''  | NFS  | 20 TB  | none  | Yes  | On request  |  +| "Groups"  | ''/mnt/lustre/groups''  | Lustre  | **1 PB**  | yes*  | NO  | On request only  | 
-| "Groups"  | ''/mnt/lustre3p/groups''  | Lustre  | **1 PB**  | yes*  | NO  | On request only  | +
  
  
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 The Lustre file system is a high performance parallel file system which is to be used for all running jobs on the Lengau cluster. The Lustre file system is a high performance parallel file system which is to be used for all running jobs on the Lengau cluster.
  
-This is a work space, or "scratch" file system and is **not** intended for long term storage.  Any files you store on Lustre must be required for your jobs.  Files that have not been //accessed// for more than 90 days will be considered stale and will be deleted.  The data deletion process only removes files, and not directories.  The empty directories will be removed 7 days later with a separate process.  +This is a work space, or "scratch" file system and is **not** intended for long term storage.  Any files you store on Lustre must be required for your jobs.  Files that have not been //accessed// for more than 90 days will be considered stale and will be deleted.  The data deletion process only removes files, and not directories.  The empty directories may be removed later with a separate process when necessary to preserve meta-data space.  
  
 If you rely in your workflow on certain directories that may have been deleted due to the clean-up process, modify your workflow to make it more robust.  You can do this by simply having the necessary ''mkdir'' command in your jobscript.  If the directory has been removed, this will re-create it.  If the directory already exists, it will do no harm. If you rely in your workflow on certain directories that may have been deleted due to the clean-up process, modify your workflow to make it more robust.  You can do this by simply having the necessary ''mkdir'' command in your jobscript.  If the directory has been removed, this will re-create it.  If the directory already exists, it will do no harm.
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 Lustre is designed for //performance// and capacity. Lustre is designed for //performance// and capacity.
  
-To upload or download data to/from Lustre use the ''scp'' login node for small files (~10GB) or the Globus system for **large** files (>100GB).  See the [[guide:connect|Connection Guide]] for more details and important tips.+To upload or download data to/from Lustre use the ''scp'' login node for small files (~10GB) or the Globus system for **large** files (>10GB).  See the [[guide:connect|Connection Guide]] for more details and important tips.
  
  
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 =====Groups===== =====Groups=====
  
-By special arrangement research groups may store files and data that are shared by members of that group for longer term (up to 365 days).  This sub-directory of Lustre is limited to 1PB (leaving 2PB for the main Lustre work space) and is subject to a strict quota per group of 1TB.  Where a strong motivation is made by a large research group this quota may be increased up to a maximum of 10TB.+By special arrangement research groups may store files and data that are shared by members of that group.  //However, note that this directory is also subject to the 90-day life time limit.//  This sub-directory of Lustre is limited to 1PB (leaving 2PB for the main Lustre work space) and is subject to a strict quota per group of 1TB.  Where a strong motivation is made by a large research group this quota may be increased up to a maximum of 10TB.
  
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