Research Group Storage

Shared group storage with a default quota is provided on all of PACE’s research-focused High Performance Computing Clusters.


This table provides an overview of the default shared group storage provided on the Phoenix, Hive, and Firebird clusters:

High Performance Computing ClusterDefault Shared Group Storage
Phoenix
↳ General Research Computing Cluster
The free-tier account on Phoenix includes 1 TB of free project storage. This space is:
backed up daily
can be shared with students and collaborators of the Principal Investigator
Hive
↳ Computing for Specific Research Domains
50 TB shared group storage is provided for each research group.
Firebird
↳ CUI/ITAR Secure Computing Cluster
20 TBs of storage is provided for each research project. This storage space is provided in isolated area from other research groups to ensure security compliance.

Need Additional Storage?

A PI can always purchase storage to add to the default group storage allocation. Current price per TB per month information is available here.

Additionally, a low-cost storage option called CEDAR is available to researchers that do not need to access data on a high-performance parallel file system.

Learn More about Shared Group Storage