Difference between revisions of "File System Purging"
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| − | The SCRATCH filesystem (mounted under the /scratch directory) is subject to the 30-day file purge rule. Any file that has not been accessed in over 30 days will be purged. In order to help users identify old files in their /scratch directory, we generate one file per user, every morning. This file, namely /usr/local/var/lustre_stats/$USER.over30d.files.lst (where $USER refers to the user's UGA MyID), contains a list of all the files that this user has in his/her /scratch directory and that have not been accessed in over 30 days. This file provides the full path, the last accessed date, and the size of the files that have not been accessed in over 30 days. | + | The SCRATCH filesystem (mounted under the /scratch directory) is subject to the 30-day file purge rule. Any file that has not been accessed in over 30 days will be purged. In order to help users identify old files in their /scratch directory, we generate one file per user, every morning. This file, namely /usr/local/var/lustre_stats/$USER.over30d.files.lst (where $USER refers to the user's UGA MyID), contains a list of all the files that this user has in his/her /scratch directory and that have not been accessed in over 30 days. This file provides the full path, the last accessed date, and the size of the files that have not been accessed in over 30 days. Because the /scratch filesystem only updates on-disk file access times every 5 days, the last accessed time reported in that list file is approximate and could be off by up to 5 days. The purging system understands this and will make sure the access time falls within the purge window before deleting the file. |
| − | During the purge only files are deleted | + | During the purge only files are deleted. Directories will be left alone. Please let us know if you have any questions. |
Revision as of 17:58, 31 January 2019
SCRATCH Filesystem
The SCRATCH filesystem (mounted under the /scratch directory) is subject to the 30-day file purge rule. Any file that has not been accessed in over 30 days will be purged. In order to help users identify old files in their /scratch directory, we generate one file per user, every morning. This file, namely /usr/local/var/lustre_stats/$USER.over30d.files.lst (where $USER refers to the user's UGA MyID), contains a list of all the files that this user has in his/her /scratch directory and that have not been accessed in over 30 days. This file provides the full path, the last accessed date, and the size of the files that have not been accessed in over 30 days. Because the /scratch filesystem only updates on-disk file access times every 5 days, the last accessed time reported in that list file is approximate and could be off by up to 5 days. The purging system understands this and will make sure the access time falls within the purge window before deleting the file. During the purge only files are deleted. Directories will be left alone. Please let us know if you have any questions.