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We offer scratch space (temporary disk space) for EECS MSc students when they the need to store a big amount of data for a short period of time. For example for Deep Learning projects, a big dataset might not fit in the student’s home directory (please see quotas).
The scratch space is NFS-based, exported over the network to all student desktops and student Compute servers. That means that if you add some data from a student desktop into your folder in the scratch space, it will be available when you SSH into a server.
Available scratch spaces (Students only)
| Name | Access | Status |
| /import/scratch-01 | MSc, Academics | ONLINE |
| /import/scratch-02 | MSc, Academics | ONLINE |
| /import/scratch-03 | MSc, Academics | ONLINE |
| /import/scratch | MSc, Academics | OFFLINE (moved to /import/scratch-01) |
How to request it
MSc students can request scratch space from EECS Systems by raising a Helpdesk Ticket , providing the following infromation:
- Your Supervisor’s details
- Your EECS username (your ITL login)
- How much disk space you will require.
How to use it
The scratch disks are available under the ‘/import/’ folder from any EECS desktop/server . After the students request an additional scratch space, they will find a folder named after your EECS username and only they have access to that folder. The names and the status of the available scratch spaces are defined at the table bellow: