Rental Storage
Pricing
Billing
Researchers must provide a KFS account for this service. Charges will be applied at the end of the academic year (June).
Cost Per Year
The first-year rate is $94.50 per TB, and RII will provide matching funds for first-year allocations to make the actual first-year cost to researchers $47.35. These matching funds will be applied automatically, so in practice you will only see the $47.35 rate. The ongoing rate after year one is $47.35 per TB per year.
Size Modifications
If the size of your allocation is modified, you will be billed for the maximum amount of space reserved during that fiscal year.
Access and Transfers
Data Location
Your rental space will be on a storage array in our data center. Your space will be mounted on our data transfer nodes (hostname: filexfer.hpc.arizona.edu) as:
/rental/pi_netid
where pi_netid is the NetID of the faculty member who requested the allocation. Rental storage is not mounted on HPC compute or login nodes.
Data Transfers
You can use Globus, sftp, or scp to move data that is external to the data center.
You may also ssh into filexfer.hpc.arizona.edu to use mv or cp to transfer files between your HPC directories (/home, /groups, or /xdisk) and /rental. For large copies done using this method, we recommend using a screen session to prevent timeouts. For example:
[netid@home ~]$ ssh netid@filexfer.hpc.arizona.edu Authorized uses only. All activity may be monitored and reported. Last login: Fri Sep 15 10:53:27 2023 [netid@sdmz-dtn-3 ~]$ cd /rental/pi/netid/example [netid@sdmz-dtn-3 example]$ screen [netid@sdmz-dtn-3 example]$ cp -r /xdisk/pi/CONTAINERS/ $PWD/CONTAINERS [netid@sdmz-dtn-3 example]$ ls CONTAINERS [netid@sdmz-dtn-3 example]$ exit # exits screen session [netid@sdmz-dtn-3 example]$ exit # exits filexfer node logout Come again soon! Connection to filexfer.hpc.arizona.edu closed. [netid@home ~]$
Requesting Rental Storage
It can take a few days to process the request is it has to route through the Financial Services Office (FSO). You will receive an email confirmation once it is complete.
- PIs or Storage Delegates can request rental storage on behalf of their group. To do so, navigate to https://portal.hpc.arizona.edu in your browser, then choose the Storage tab
- Select Submit Rental Storage Request under the Rental Storage heading and fill out the form.
- Once your space has been created, you will receive an email notification. You can access it on a filexfer node (hostname: filexfer.hpc.arizona.edu) under /rental/<PI>. You can make transfers to your active HPC storage (/xdisk, /groups, or /home) either by ssh-ing into the filexfer node and using a mv or cp, by running an scp, sftp using the filexfer hostname, or by using the Globus endpoint UA Rental Storage Filesystem.
Resizing Your Allocation
Your rental allocation can be resized through the user portal by navigating to the Storage tab and selecting Modify Rental Quota under the Rental Storage heading.
Checking Your Usage
You can check your allocation's size and current usage either through the user portal or on the command line.
User Portal (PIs Only)
In the user portal, navigate to the Storage tab and select Check Rental Quota from under the Rental Storage tab
