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Project Storage (/project)

Project storage on Palmetto uses the Indigo Data Lake. Storage can be requested by faculty members.

Storage owners access their data space at /project/{path}, where {path} is a path given to each owner when the allocation is created. The access is controlled by a Central group and only users who are in the group are permitted to access an owner’s data space.

Security Notice

Modifying the membership of a paid storage group requires permission from the owner. Only the owner may submit a group membership update request.

Project storage can be accessed anywhere in the cluster by issuing a cd to that space from the command line.

Requesting​

Faculty interested in requesting project storage should consult our guide.

Check Quota​

From the login node, the checkproject command can be used to check the amount of your /project space that has been used and your current quota.

 $ checkproject myresearch
 Date: Fri Sep 22 16:50:57 EDT 2023
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 Project Space   : /project/myresearch
 Total Capacity  : 1000 GB
 Used            : 78 GB
 Available       : 922 GB

For other ways of checking the project storage quotas, see the Indigo Data Lake quota documentation.

Alternative Access Methods​

Project storage make use of our Indigo Data Lake. Thus, owners can request certain alternative access methods be enabled for their project space (for example SMB mounts). For details, see the Indigo Data Lake access methods documentation.