AFS project volumes

Projects and individual users may request AFS space for their work, subject to the following constraints:

Project volumes have, at creation, a default size of 5 GB
Project space up to 100 GB is available on request
Project volumes receive nightly backup, unless users explicitly decline this service

Requesting AFS project space

To request AFS project space, send mail to <help+@cs.cmu.edu> with the following information:

Project name
Faculty sponsor for the project
SCS userIDs of two people who will serve as "project administrators" for the space
Name of the initial volume to be created
Desired volume size, if greater than the 5 GB default

Tips for project-volume administrators:

Past experience indicates that "best practice" involves following consistant volume-naming schemes and, to avoid reserving space that may not be used, extending quotas and creating volumes only as needed
Volume names may contain up to 11 alphanumeric characters, plus hyphen "-". Avoid other punctuation and special characters, such as underbar "_". Some popular conventions use <project_name>-N for volumes (e.g. "HQB-hyper-1"), <project_name>-<userid> for a project member's personal space, and <project_name>-src for a source-code repository.
Contact the SCS Help Desk, <help+@cs.cmu.edu> or x8-4231, for information on obtaining additional capacity