Procedure for Requesting an Increase in Storage Quotas

All requests for increase in storage quotas for webspace(AFS), compute-server (Altair), e-mail and special projects are now handled through a web-based system. Please visit the LTS quota request page for all such requests.

Types of Storage Available at Lehigh:

• AFS/Webspace - AFS is a storage area that includes a users Webspace as well at the home directory when logged into an AFS workstation (such as the public IBMs located around campus. This quota is initially set at 100 Megabytes for faculty/staff and graduate students and 20 Megabytes for undergraduate students.
  
  
• Compute Server - The Compute Server (Altair) is available under the Enhanced Service Level - I. The initial quota for this storage on the compute server is 100 Megabytes.
  
  
• E-mail - E-mail storage is where your In-Box is located as well as any folders that are created in order to store old E-mail. The initial quota for E-mail is 2 GB for faculty/staff and graduate students and 1GB for students.
  
  
• Special Projects - Special Projects storage is available for anyone with a Lehigh account and requires a large amount of storage to be used for University related projects. This space is managed by LTS (Library and Technology Services), is available on a temporary basis and is located on a recently purchased SAN (Storage Area Network). This storage is NOT backed up on a regular basis. Once this space requested (see information below) is allocated, information for accessing will be forwarded by the LTS systems and networking staff. This space may be used from the Compute Server (Altair), the HPC Cluster or the Lehigh Application Farm (LEAF).
  
  
• Active Directory (H:\ Drive) - 500 Megabytes (H:\ drive) disk space is allocated for each faculty/staff and student at Lehigh with a computer account. This space is fixed and can not be increased.
  
  
• HPC Clusters The beowulf clusters Blaze and Inferno have a common home directory for all users. This home directory is mounted on all nodes of the cluster. There are no quotas for storage but the total capacity is limited to 800GB. The home directory of the Compute Server and the Special Projects directory is also available.

Last Modified: April 28, 2009