Storage areas

Gaia provides different storage areas for your data, each designed for specific purposes during your analysis workflows. Below is an overview of the available storage locations, their intended use, and relevant guidelines.

Home

/home/[P012345]

Your personal workspace for configuration files, scripts, and small essential files needed for your work on Gaia, but limited in size.

Personal user folder

/net/beegfs/users/[P012345]

A personal storage location for larger datasets and analysis results that do not fit in your home folder. Suitable for ongoing projects requiring more space.

Scratch

/scratch

Temporary storage space for active jobs and large intermediate files during computation. Data is not backed up and will be automatically deleted after two weeks.

Project folder

/net/beegfs/projects/[project_name]

Storage allocated for specific projects, typically for sharing data and results between multiple groups. Useful for structured, project-based work requiring shared data access.

Groups

/net/beegfs/groups/[group_name]

Shared storage for research groups, allowing team members to share datasets and results within their group. Useful for collaboration and maintaining shared data collections.

Appdata

Users

/appdata/users

A personal storage location intended for software-related data such as Conda environments, Python packages, and modules needed for your workflows on Gaia. This allows you to manage your own software stack without requiring system-wide installation. It is not intended for storing datasets or analysis results.

Groups

/appdata/groups

A shared storage location intended for software-related data that needs to be used by a specific group on Gaia, such as shared Conda environments, Python packages, and modules for group workflows. This allows groups to maintain a consistent software stack across members without requiring system-wide installation. It is not intended for storing datasets or analysis results.

Projects

/appdata/projects

A project-based storage location intended for software-related data that needs to be shared within a project team on Gaia, such as project-specific Conda environments, Python packages, and modules required for project workflows. This allows project teams to manage and maintain a consistent software stack for their project without requiring system-wide installation. It is not intended for storing datasets or analysis results.