Service Desk
Managing service quotas
The use of CSC’s services is limited by quotas that apply to both free-of-charge and commercial users. The listed quotas are enforced per CSC project, unless otherwise stated.
Please note that quota extensions may depend on availability and may incur additional costs. Commercial users should always consult CSC Service Desk.
Roihu
| Resource | Default quota | How to increase |
|---|---|---|
| Space in Home (per user) | 15 GiB | – |
| Files in Home (per user) | 150 000 | |
| Space in ProjAppl | 15 GiB | Free-of-charge users: see instructions in Docs CSC. Processing time depends on increase amount. Large applications are Reviewed by Resource Allocation Board. Deadlines for applications Commercial users: contact CSC Service Desk |
| Files in ProjAppl | 150 000 | |
| Space in Scratch* | 250 GiB | |
| Files in Scratch* | 500 000 | |
| Dataset project | – | Free-of-charge users: see instructions in Docs CSC. All applications are reviewed by Resource Allocation Board. Deadlines for applications Commercial users: contact CSC Service Desk |
| Nodes per job | 1-10 (GPU), 6-60 (CPU) | – |
*Please be aware that scratch storage has an automatic disk cleaning policy.
How to write a good Roihu disk quota application?
When applying for additional Roihu disk quota in MyCSC, please consider the following regarding your project:
| Justification | – Explain why additional quota / file count is needed – What data are you storing? – Who is responsible for managing the data? – Who owns the data? – If your approach generates a lot of data and/or files, how do you optimized managing data/files and regular cleansing cycles? – How will you manage your data after active data processing or computing phase? – Will you share your data from the system? With whom do you intend to share the data? |
| Data exit strategy | What is your exit strategy from CSC environment when your CSC project ends?How the data will be transferred, handed over or deleted when the project ends? |
| Data management plan url | If available, provide a data management plan URL |
LUMI
| Resource | Default quota | How to increase |
|---|---|---|
| LUMI Lustre (LUMI-P and LUMI-F) LUMI Object storage (LUMI-O) | See LUMI documentation. | Contact LUMI Helpdesk. |
Allas
| Resource | Default quota | How to increase |
|---|---|---|
| Storage | 10 TiB | Contact CSC Service Desk. Processing time depends on increase amount. Large applications are reviewed by Resource Allocation Board. Deadlines for applications |
| Buckets per project | 1 000 | – |
| Objects per bucket | 500 000 |
If you are using CSC’s services free-of-charge and need to store more than 200 TiB in Allas, please contact Service Desk in order to agree with CSC about storage terms and possible costs.
cPouta and ePouta
| Resource | Default quota | How to increase |
|---|---|---|
| Instances | 8 | Contact CSC Service Desk. |
| Cores | 8 | |
| Memory | 32 GiB | |
| Floating IPs | 2 | |
| Storage | 1 TiB | |
| Shared Fileservice (ePouta) | 0* | Contact CSC Service Desk. |
Rahti
| Default quota | How to increase |
|---|---|
| See Rahti documentation. | Contact CSC Service Desk. |
Satama
| Default quota | How to increase |
|---|---|
| See Satama documentation. | Contact CSC Service Desk. |
Pukki
| Resource | Default quota | How to increase |
|---|---|---|
| Number of manual backups | 1000 | Contact CSC Service Desk. |
| Number of database instances | 5 | |
| Memory usage | 20 000 MB | |
| Volume reservation | 50 GiB |
Fairdata IDA
| Resource | Default quota | How to increase |
|---|---|---|
| Storage for published datasets | See instructions on how to apply for service access and initial quota. | See instructions on how to change the quota. |
This service is available only for free-of-charge use cases.