Any principal investigator (PI) may request a project directory to be shared by the project to store data such as source code, binaries, and scripts. Project directories are accessible from all NICS resources except compute nodes in
/nics/a/proj/
By default, project directories are created with group read and write permissions and the project ID group as the group owner. The default quota for a project directory is 10 GB. Project directories are periodically backed up to tape, however, NICS recommends that critical information be backed up to HPSS independently. By default, project directories are removed after the associated projects expire.
Project directories and home directories are on NFS servers, which are not designed for intensive I/O. For performance-critical purposes, please use the Lustre file systems.
