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 ====== Data Protection and Retention ====== ====== Data Protection and Retention ======
  
-The data on all the cluster volumes (**/home**, **/home2**, **/home3**, etc.) are mirrored to other hard-disk volumes.+The data on all the cluster volumes (**/home1**, **/home2**, **/home3**, etc.) are mirrored to other hard-disk volumes.
  
-  * /home is mirrored to space in the NCSU HPC Center. +  * /home1 is mirrored to space in the NCSU HPC Center. 
-  * /home2, /home3, /home4, /peng_1, /pengseq, and /gt4sp_1 are mirrored to **//misterscott//** in SAS Hall.+  * /home2, /home3, /home4, /peng_1, /pengseq, and /gt4sp_1 are mirrored to **//misterscott//** in Ricks Hall.
   * /home5 and /home6 are mirrored to **//geordilaforge//** in Ricks Hall.   * /home5 and /home6 are mirrored to **//geordilaforge//** in Ricks Hall.
   * /aylor_1 is mirrored to **//zeframcochrane//** in Ricks Hall.   * /aylor_1 is mirrored to **//zeframcochrane//** in Ricks Hall.
 +  * /gt4sp_2 is mirrored to **//leahbrahms//** in Ricks Hall.
 +  * /bochica is mirrored to **//bochicabak//** in Ricks Hall.
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 The mirroring is done once per week on each volume. The mirroring is done once per week on each volume.
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 In general accounts which appear not to have been used for more than 6 months will be locked and the data belonging to the account may be archived to tape. Access to archived data can then be obtained by contacting the system administrators. Recovering the data may take up to a few days (depending on whether the tape drive is busy with another job, how much data is to be recovered, holidays and weekends). In general accounts which appear not to have been used for more than 6 months will be locked and the data belonging to the account may be archived to tape. Access to archived data can then be obtained by contacting the system administrators. Recovering the data may take up to a few days (depending on whether the tape drive is busy with another job, how much data is to be recovered, holidays and weekends).
  
-Data archived to tape will be kept for a minimum of 5 years. After that the tape may be re-used. If you would like your archived data to be kept for longer than that, please contact the system administrators to discuss it.+**Data archived to tape will be kept for a minimum of 5 years. After that the tape may be re-used. If you would like your archived data to be kept for longer than that, please contact the system administrators to discuss it.**
  
 ==== Sensitive Data ==== ==== Sensitive Data ====
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