All HCC machines have three separate areas for every user to store data,
each intended for a different purpose. The three areas are `/common`, `/work`, and `/home`, each with different functions. `/home` is your home directory with a quota limit of **{{< hcc-quota "swan.home.block" >}}** and is backed up for best-effort disaster recovery purposes. `/work` is the high performance, I/O focused directory for running jobs. `/work` has a **{{< hcc-quota "swan.work.block" >}} per group quota**, is not backed-up and is subject to a [purge policy]({{<relref"data_storage/#purge-policy">}}) of **{{< hcc-quota "swan.work.purge" >}} of inactivity on a file**. `/common` works similarly to `/work` and is mounted with read and write capabilities on all HCC clusters, meaning any files on `/common` can be accessed from all of HCC clusters unlike `/home` and `/work` which are cluster dependant. More information on the three storage areas on HCC's clusters are available in the [Data Storage]({{<relref"data_storage">}}) page.
HCC also offers a separate, near-line archive with space available for lease called Attic. Attic provides reliable large data storage that is designed to be more reliable than `/work`, and larger than `/home`. More information on Attic and how to transfer data to and from Attic can be found on the [Using Attic]({{<relref"data_storage/using_attic">}}) page.
