We only have 10G in the linux virtual machine under /home
And conda iteself takes 5.6G.
So, it is very easy to use all the space. Any way to work around it or can we request more space?
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Hi @Bacy,
This issue is cased by installing Conda (or Anaconda) in /home. You are right that /home is set up with 10Gb. However, the VM has access to /dev/sda1 that has 28Gb and /files that has 5Tb.
We recommend installing Conda in /opt. For example, create a folder ‘anaconda 3’ and then install in /opt/anaconda3. This has two benefits:
- Leaves /home free for working files
- (For multi user situation) Once installed all users have access and can share the same environments/packages
Please find our article on installing Anaconda that also specifies installing in /opt: https://knowledgebase.aridhia.io/article/installing-anaconda-and-running-jupyter-notebooks-on-the-virtual-machine/
Kind regards,
Ned
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Thank you very much! It works!
Hi @nrad - if I cd to /mnt (sda1) there is “this is a temporary disk” warning. Is it safe to use it to store files during the competition?
It is probably safe, I am not sure though. But I think it is not important. Why not just use /home? If you rain into space issues in /home you can use /files. There is 5TB in /files.
Regards,
Ned
Thanks - using /files seems to lead to unexpected behaviour when submitting to the platform