Archival Storage Software

The High Performance Storage System (HPSS) is available on all OCF (CZ/RZ) and SCF production systems. Each user has a storage account with passwordless access from LC systems. The EZSTORAGE manual provides an overview of tools for storing and archiving files. Consult the HPSS website for details of the storage system and its specialized features.

HPSS can be accessed using one of the following interfaces:

FTP/PFTP
NFT (limited availability)
HSI (limited availability)
HTAR (limited availability)
Hopper

Quotas for File Systems and Storage

LC Storage Type	Tier 1	Tier 2	Tier 3	Snap- shots?	Back up to tape?
Parallel File Systems /p/lustre[1,2,3] (Common)	20TB/1M^†^†	75TB/25M^†^† Fill out this form to request Tier 2 increase	Contact LC Hotline to initiate conversation with Livermore Computing and programmatic stakeholders	No	No
/p/lustre4 (El Capitan)	100TB/10M \|	500TB/100M^†^† Fill out this form to request Tier 2 increase
/p/lustre5 (Tuolumne)	50TB/5M	100TB/50M^†^† Fill out this form to request Tier 2 increase
/p/gpfs* (Sierra GPFS)	50TB/5M^†^†	400TB/40M^†^† Fill out this form to request Tier 2 increase
/p/gpfs* (Lassen) /p/vast*†	20TB/1M^†^†	75TB/25M†† Fill out this form to request Tier 2 increase
NAS/NFS Project /usr/workspace, /usr/WS* /usr/gapps^† /usr/gdata^†	2TB/10M^†^† 10GB^† 10GB^†	4TB/25M†† 30GB^† 30GB^† Fill out this form to request Tier 2 increase		Yes Yes Yes	No Yes Yes
Home Directory /g/g*	24GB	Tier 2 form not available. Contact LC Hotline to initiate conversation with Livermore Computing and programmatic stakeholders		Yes	Yes
Archive (HPSS) /users/u*	300TB			No	No
Object Storage S3-protocol StorageGRID individual use	4TB	N/A	N/A	No	No

^†these quotas are per directory, not per user as in all other cases

^†^†NOTE for quotas with a "/", the second number equals inode limits in M (million) number increments where appropriate.