Characteristics of user accounts

User accounts allow you one to access the Center for Scientific Computing's resources:

1.- Disk space

  • Each user account has a permanent space ( /home ) with a fixed quota, which can be used for storage of any file needed for your daily work (source files, executables, etc).

  • A huge temporal, non-permanent space can also be accessed from your account ( /scratch ) for temporary files (either intermediate or input/output). Files generated in this space are erased periodically, have they not been accessed over some time.

  • If you need to store information, the person in charge of a scientific computing project can request the creation of a temporary space at the /home/proyectos to be shared by the different members belonging to said project.


2.- Computation time

  • Users have a certain computation time at the execution queues, denoted as "Proyectos de Usuario" . If the user is attached to a computation project in a group, it will also have some time available in "Proyecto de Grupos". This computation time is automatically renewed.

  • This time can be used to perform compilations, app development, and task executions.