Storing Data
The following areas are available for storing your data. For each area, details are provided for the path within BisonNet for accessing the data, the purpose/use for that storage area, how often the area is backed up, the quota storage limit provided, and whether the area is provided by default with your BisonNet account or if you have to request it.
Storage Areas
| Home | Scratch | Shared Data/Project | |
| Path | /home/username | /scratch/username | /data/projectname |
| Purpose | User data. This is your default storage location in BisonNet. | Temporary data, often generated during computations | Data shared among multiple Bucknell people |
| Backups | Online snapshots daily, retained one week. Offsite weekly, retained for 6 months. | NOT BACKED UP | Online snapshots daily, retained one week. Offsite weekly, retained for 6 months. |
| Quota | 100GB default. Email bisonnet@bucknell.edu to request additional space. | 100GB default. Email bisonnet@bucknell.edu to request additional space. | 100GB default. Email bisonnet@bucknell.edu to request additional space. |
| Availability | Provided by default when you request a BisonNet account (bisonnet@bucknell.edu) | Provided upon request (bisonnet@bucknell.edu) | Provided upon request (bisonnet@bucknell.edu) |