Scratch File Purging
RCAC provides all users of research computing systems with a scratch directory. RCAC scratch directories are intended for short-term storage of files. Backups are not performed on scratch directories and files stored in them will be removed after 90 days. In the event of a disk crash or file removal, files in scratch directories can not be recovered. Please be sure to save copies of all important files elsewhere for long-term storage.
All RCAC scratch directories are scanned weekly to identify files older than 83 days. The owners of those files are notified via email that they have files in an RCAC scratch directory that will be removed the following week. You can use the purgelist command to see a list of all files you own which are currently scheduled to be removed:
$ purgelist The next purge run for scratch file systems is scheduled for Tue Nov 10, 2009. The following files owned by myusername will be removed from scratch95: /scratch/scratch95/m/myusername/foo /scratch/scratch95/m/myusername/bar
Files listed by purgelist will be permanently removed on the date shown. If you need to keep any of these files, please copy them elsewhere.
Please send e-mail to rcac-help@purdue.edu if you have questions or need assistance in copying your files to a more permanent location.