HPC Storage solutions

Tier 1

Tier 2

Tier 3 or Backup

Panasas ActiveStor Prime Storage

Who can use it?

WSU and WSU affiliated Faculty, Staff, and Students that have an active AccessID and are actively engaged in WSU affiliated research or course work taking place on the WSU HPC Grid.

What is it comprised of?

~1.6 PB of Raw Network Attached Storage. Users may request up to 4 TB. Groups may request up to 10 TB. More may be made available upon request.

How is it accessed?

If you have research or coursework that will utilize the WSU HPC Grid then you may apply for a Grid Account. If you will be collaborating with other Grid users then you can request a Group Directory.

Is it backed up?

Yes, the Tier 1 Panasas stores 2 weeks of backups, and the system along with snapshots is backed up on a separate storage system maintained by the HPC Services Team.

Panasas ActiveStor 14 & 18 Tier 2 Storage

~1.5 PB of Raw Network Attached Storage

Who can use it?

WSU and WSU affiliated Faculty, Staff, and Students that have an active AccessID and are actively engaged in WSU affiliated research or coursework taking place on the WSU HPC Grid.

What is it comprised of?

~1.5 PB of Raw Network Attached Storage. Users may request up to 10 TB. Groups may request up to 50 TB. More may be made available upon request.

How is it accessed?

If you have research or coursework that will utilize the WSU HPC Grid then you may apply for a Grid Account. If you will be collaborating with other Grid users then you can request a Group Directory.

Panasas Snapshots Internal to the Panasas ActiveStor Prime

Who can use it?

WSU HPC Grid users automatically have their home directories backed up by snapshots.

What is it comprised of?

Snapshots integrated into the ActiveStor Prime Storage Solution. The snapshot directory provides two weeks worth of snapshots.

How is it accessed?

The snapshot directory is accessed via the ~/.snapshot directory in your home directory. Please visit this tutorial for more information.

College of Engineering Hadoop/Spark Cluster

Who can use it?

WSU College of Engineering Faculty, Staff, and Students that have an active AccessID and that are engaged in WSU College of Engineering research or coursework involving big data software and hardware.

What is it comprised of?

~240 TB of SATA Storage spread across 5 nodes running Hadoop, spark, and other big data software.

How is it accessed?

Contact the WSU HPC Team for more information.

Dedicated Backup

Who can use it?

WSU HPC Grid users automatically have their home directories and group directories backed up.

What is it comprised of?

~1.5 PB of raw network attached storage.

How is it accessed?

A dedicated backup is in place to prevent loss of data due to a failure of the Tier 1 Panasas system. Retrieval of files may be accomplished by accessing the ~/.snapshot directory in your home directory. Please visit this tutorial for more information.

WSU OSiRIS

Who can use it?

WSU and WSU affiliated Faculty, Staff, and Students that have an active AccessID and are collaborating with researchers at the University of Michigan and/or Michigan State University.

What is it comprised of?

~8 PB of Distributed Multi-Institutional Storage (Currently in Beta). Visit https://www.osris.org/about for more information.

How is it accessed?

Contact the WSU HPC Team for more information.