$BIGWORK – Work file system for very large files

The BIGWORK directory is intended for large files as well as simulation and scratch file output.  Please start your batch jobs either from within your BIGWORK directory or within your batch script change your working directory to your BIGWORK directory before your simulation starts.  For example:

cd $BIGWORK

./my_program

 

$BIGWORK /bigwork/username
Hardware Infinite Storage
Capacity 33 TB
Quota no quota restriction
Backup no backup
file lifetime 28 days of inactivity
Locality Paris Cluster
Availability no guarantee of file space
Performance high performance due to the global file system
Usage large as well as checkpoint or restart files
Type Lustre
Last Change: 26.01.2011
 
Editorial Responsibility Dr Paul Cochrane