File SystemsΒΆ

With CONVERGE Horizon file systems, teams can store and manage their data in a shared, persistent file system in the cloud. The file system is permanently mounted to a virtual machine (VM) that users access securely from a browser and/or from a terminal via SSH. Users can log in to the VM from a local machine running any operating system; the VM itself runs Enterprise Linux 8.

File systems offer the following advantages over spaces:

  • Jobs running on file systems take less time to start and finish. This is because file systems are mounted to job clusters directly, which eliminates the need to copy input files to the cluster at the start of the simulation and move output files off the cluster at the end of the simulation. Additionally, each version of CONVERGE only has to be installed once on the file system, instead of being installed on the job cluster for every job.

  • Because file systems can be accessed through a login node, they support a wide range of command-line and scripting workflows.

File systems are intentionally designed to be shared among team members. If a user needs a private file system, the organization owner must create a separate team for that user. Refer to Team Roles and Permissions for more information about permissions for file systems.