Computers at the ITB

General info

All public computers and servers at the ITB (when they run Linux) are set up with a similar file system layout.

Standard linux folders:

/
/boot/
/dev/
/etc/
/run/
/opt/
/usr/
/var/
/tmp/
/... (perhaps some more)

Shared network folders:

/groups/
/home/

Local storage:

/extra/
/extra2/ (if available)

Shared scratch folder:

/scratch/

Your home folder will be in /home/$USERNAME where $USERNAME will be a user’s last name in most cases. All home and group folders are shared amongst all computers and are regularly backed up.

The /extra folders are always local to a particular computer and are not backed up.

As writing to the home and group folders too much can result in crashing the network (for everybody), it is advised not to run simulations directly in these folders but rather in a subfolder on /extra and write the resulting files there. After all data has been collected, it can be stored inside either your own home folder or inside your group’s folder in /groups.