STORAGE

Storage

When you log in to any of SCRC’s systems, you will find yourself in your home directory. A bighome is separate storage from your home directory where you keep your data and larger files.

Your home directory (homedir)

• SCRC home directories have a capacity of around 5-10GB.

• Home directories are backed up every hour.

• They are designed for storing small files like programs and scripts.

• To find the full path to your home directory, type the command pwd.

  • For example, “/homedir/employees/X/yourHomedir.”

• Check your home directory usage with the command quota -s.

Your bighome (bigdata)

• If you need more space than what is provided in your home directory, email scrc-list@stern.nyu.edu for access to a bighome.

• Bighome storage is accessed from your home directory by the symlink “bigdata”, i.e., cd bigdata.

• Bighome storage is backed up nightly.

• There is no formal quota limit, but researchers should contact SCRC if they need more than 1TB of storage.

• Check your storage usage with the command du -sh.