SC Layout
SC Layout
The following page will describe the system layout with details on where files and directories are stored on the student cluster SC.
SC Login Nodes
When a user connects via SSH to sc.rc.usf.edu
, they will end up on one of several login nodes. These are the redundant, load-balancing login nodes which will allow you to access your files, develop code, submit jobs, and review your data.
Storage
SC has three tiers of storage, listed below:
/home
/home
is your primary storage location and the default location you are assigned when you log into the system.
/home
resides on a GPFS clustered file server environment- Backed-up nightly
Home directories are laid out as follows:
/home/[a-z]/<netid>
where [a-z] is the first letter of the user’s NetID.
/shares
contains folders for group collaboration. If you are a member of any groups or you create any groups, you will have a folder under /shares
of the same name. /shares
is
- /shares resides on a GPFS clustered file server environment
- Backed-up nightly
/apps
/apps
contains most of the system’s third-party applications.
Clusters
SC provides access to several compute cluster environments. Please see the queue layout documentation for more information.