ARCHIVED: Where can I find information about file systems mounted on XSEDE digital services hosted by NICS?

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For information about file systems mounted on Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE) digital services hosted by the National Institute for Computational Sciences (NICS), including NFS-based home and project directories, and the Lustre-based scratch file system (Medusa), see the NICS File Systems page.

Note: If you have an XSEDE allocation on a NICS digital service:

The $HOME environment variable contains the path to your home directory (e.g., /nics/[a-d]/home/$USER; replace $USER with your XSEDE-wide username). NICS NFS home directories have a default storage limit of 2 GB per user; to request a quota increase, contact the XSEDE Help Desk.
The $SCRATCHDIR environment variable contains the path to your scratch directory on Medusa (e.g., /lustre/medusa/$USER; replace $USER with your XSEDE-wide username). Medusa provides 1.3 PB of Lustre-based scratch space. No storage quotas are enforced, but files are not backed up and are subject to being purged after 30 days.

This document was developed with support from National Science Foundation (NSF) grants 1053575 and 1548562. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF.