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mkdocs-project-dir/docs/Background/Data_Storage.md

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### Scratch
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Every user also has a Scratch directory. It is intended that this is a larger space to keep your working
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files as you do your research, but should not be relied on for secure long-term permanent storage.
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Every user also has a Scratch directory. On Myriad and Kathleen this exists for backwards
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compatibility and all of your home space should be considered scratch.
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It is intended that this is a larger space to keep your working files as you do your
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research. It should not be relied on for secure long-term permanent storage.
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Important data should be regularly backed up to another location.
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- Location: `/scratch/scratch/<username>`
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- Also at: `/home/<username>/Scratch` (a shortcut or symbolic link to the first location).
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- Location: `/home/<username>/Scratch` (either a directory or a shortcut or symbolic link to a different location).
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### Temporary storage for jobs (TMPDIR)
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that your jobs can read from it, but not write to it, and it is intended that you copy data onto
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it after deciding which outputs from your jobs are important to keep.
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Initially rolled out on Kathleen, you will later be able to access it from Myriad too and see
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the same files from both clusters.
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Available on Myriad and Kathleen, you will be able to see the same files from both clusters.
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- Location: `/acfs/users/<username>`
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- Also at: `/home/<username>/ACFS` (a shortcut or symbolic link to the first location).

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