Teaching GPU cluster file system

User directories

When you log into the teaching cluster head node, tsubmit.math.private.uwaterloo.ca, the following file systems are available:

File system Expiry Access Purpose
/work/$USER Yes
(no backup)
Unified Active data files. Auto mounted. This is your home directory for these machines.
/scratch/$USER Post-job
(no backup)
Per-node Node local scratch, caching

Where:

  • Per-node: means the volume is unique to each machine
  • Unified access: means the volume is mounted on all Linux machines in the cluster