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Research Storage (vstor)
Research Storage (vstor)
Research Storage is a general-purpose storage that is mounted on the HPC and can be accessible from other campus locations as well. Research Storage capacity is currently 1.4PB and it is replicated to a duplicate site and has the general 7-day snapshot policy.
Access to the Service
Access to the Service
A faculty may request additional storage at Vstor by contacting hpc-support@case.edu and giving the information about the requested storage size and payment information.
Naming Convention
Naming Convention
If you lease a storage volume in the Research storage, it will be allocated at:
/mnt/vstor/<Userspace>
where the <Userspace> is most like: /SCHOOL_DEPT_PI'sID
Checking Usage and Capacity on Leased Storage
Checking Usage and Capacity on Leased Storage
/mnt/vstor
/mnt/vstor
Check usage against the quota with quotavstor (similar to the other quota scripts). The command requires a unique string from the Vstor path (typically the PI's CaseID or the LastName) to pull the correct record from the reference file.
For example, to see the quota for the PI: ajs215, use 'ajs215' (case insensitive):
$ quotavstor ajs215
Usage: quotavstor PI_groupID/LastName
"name": "AJS215",
"hard_limit": 11000000000000,
"used_capacity_tb": 9.973,
Mounting Storage Space Remotely
Mounting Storage Space Remotely
It is possible to mount the storage space remotely on the workstation using WebDrive (obtainable from software center webpage), or other sshfs apps.
Webdrive:
Webdrive is available on Windows and Mac. It uses sshfs protocol to mount the remote storage volume and is available in the Utech Software center. Shortly after you request it from Case SoftwareCenter, you will receive another message with a License. If you use a Mac, you will need to install MacFuse so it works properly.
You can connect to the HPC transfer server hpctransfer1.case.edu node to mount the volume.
Follow the instruction on Webdrive:
Open a new connection on Webdrive
Connection Name: SFTP
Server Name: hpctransfer1.case.edu
Assign drive letter or keep default
Enter your case ID XXX###@case.edu and your Case password
In the SFTP settings, (drop down menu) enter Default Directory: Your directory (examples /mnt/vstor/SOM_PHAR_YXG###)
Save and connect (hit the back button, you will see your entry and a few icons on the line, one is a gear (for Settings) the other looks like a tiny modem, click to connect.
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