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Layout of the storage available for the compute nodes.

Contents 1 Local disk 1.1 Partition table 1.2 Details 1.2.1 xda2 1.2.2 xda3 1.2.3 xda5 2 NFS scratch

Local disk

Each compute node is shipped with at least one hard drive.

Partition table

Type	Device	Size (GB)	System id
Primary	xda1	4	Linux swap
Primary	xda2	6	Linux
Primary	xda3	6	Linux
Extended	xda4	-	Extended
Logical	xda5	*	Linux

Details

xda2

Partition for the reference environment, also called production environment, of the site.

• File-system: depending of the reference environment used
• Cleanup: when re-deployed by admin

xda3

Partition for the deployment of Kadeploy environments by users.

• File-system: depending of the deployed environment
• Cleanup: when re-deployed by users

xda5

Big temporary space (it takes remaining disk space) for users.

• File-system: depending of the site
• Mount-point: /tmp
• Mount-point's permissions: depending of the site
• Cleanup: at boot time if enabled in the boot-up environment

Note: on some sites, the /tmp directory may be a symbolic link

NFS scratch

Some sites offer an NFS export to share temporary data between their compute nodes.

• Mount-point: /nfs-scratch
• Mount-point's permissions: depending of the site
• Cleanup: depending of the site

Note: on some sites, the /nfs-scratch directory may be a symbolic link