The CLAIX HPC system has several storage systems which provide file systems for users.

GPFS

A highly available GPFS-based storage system from DDN offers a capacity of approx. 4 PB and a bandwidth of 80 GB/s (read and write) and is available as $HOME (with backup solution) and $WORK.

LUSTRE

A high-performance Lustre-based storage system from DDN based on Exascaler5 technology provides 26 PB of capacity and 500 GB/s bandwidth (read and write) and is available as $HPCWORK. The storage consists of 8 nodes each with 238 HDDs and 20 NVMes. Operation started in 2022.