Storage

Rivanna users can access free storage for active work. Research groups that need more permanent storage, or wish to share storage space, can also lease storage.

No-Cost Storage

Each user has access to a home directory and a scratch directory.

Home Directory

When you log in, you will be in your home directory, e.g. /home/mst3k. Each home directory on Rivanna has 50GB of storage capacity. The home directory is for individual use and is not shareable with other users.

Scratch Directory

You have access to 10 TB of temporary storage. It is located in a subdirectory under /scratch, followed by your userID, e.g., /scratch/mst3k

The /scratch directory is for individual use and is not shareable with other users.

/scratch is NOT permanent storage and files that have not been accessed for more than 90 days will be marked for deletion.

Leased Storage

We offer two tiers of leased storage. For rates and offerings see our website.

Research Standard Storage

Standard storage is inexpensive but is not backed up, and access from Rivanna is slow.

Research Project Storage

Research project storage provides snapshots. Snapshots are not backups, but are a “snapshot” of the files over a time interval in the past, currently one week.

Last updated on Jan 1, 0001