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Computing resources on Athena are assigned based on PLGrid computing grants. To perform computations on Athena you need to obtain a computing grant, through the PLGrid Portal (https://portal.plgrid.pl/) and apply for Athena access, through the PLGrid portal (https://aplikacje.plgrid.pl/service/dostep-do-klastra-athena-w-osrodku-cyfronet/).
The work on Athena's store is still underway, thus there is no dedicated storage for performing high IO computations. For the time being please use the ramdisk $MEMFS functionality as the scratch space (https://kdm.cyfronet.pl/portal/Prometheus:Podstawy#Przestrze.C5.84_dyskowa_w_pami.C4.99ci_operacyjnej_MEMFS). Additionally, in current setup the long term storage is sources sourced from Ares, thus you need to have a grant with storage resources on Ares, to be able to use the group directory storage on Athena. Performing high IO computations on group space is strictly forbidden!
If your grant is active, and you have applied for the service access, the request should be accepted in about half an hour, please report any issues through the helpdesk.
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