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Policy by Folder

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Space

Quota

Backup

Lifetime

Comment

xtc

None

Tape archive

4 months

Raw data 

usrdaq

None

Tape archive

4 months

Raw data from users' DAQ systems

hdf5

None

Tape archive

4 months

Data translated to HDF5

scratch

None

None

4 months

Temporary data (lifetime not guaranteed)

xtc/hdf5

10TB

n/a

2 years

Selected XTC and HDF5 runs

ftc

10TB

None

2 years

Filtered, translated, compressed

results

2TB

Tape backup

2 years

Analysis results

User home

20GB

Disk + tape

Indefinite

User code

Tape archive

None

Two copies

10 years

Raw data

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  • Eliminate the short and medium storage classes.
  • Eliminate the /ftc folder.
    • Data currently under ftc will be moved to scratch and the scratch policy will apply.
  • Change the lifetime for raw and scratch data disks on disk to 4 months.
  • After the initial 4 months period, the expiration status of a run is determined by the access pattern of its files. 
    • This will be enforced by the constant monitoring of the file systems to determine which files were accessed and when. We will be also tracking if the files were actually analyzed or just "touched" to dodge the policy. 
    • Analyzing the data extends the lifetime of the access data by 1 month from the access date.
    • Data restored from tape will stay on disk for 1 month, i.e. it's treated as a file access.
  • Rename the usr folder as usrdaq.
  • Rename the res folder as results.
  • Increase the quota of the results folder to 2TB.

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