Storage option |
Mount point |
Good for |
Speed |
Backed up? |
Your home directory |
/afs/cs/u/tommy |
Stuff that matters, e.g. results, code |
Not really |
Daily |
Local hard disk |
/lfs/local/0 |
Temporary files, intermediate results |
Around 150 MB/s |
No |
Network storage |
/dfs/scratchX |
Datasets, things you need accessible across multiple servers |
Up to 450 MB/s, but shared! |
No |
It is not common but a server could have multiple local volumes (think of it as having multiple disks) so check if there is an /lfs/local/1 if you're running out of space.