https://docs.hpc.gwdg.de/categories//dev/shm/index.htmlHugoenhttps://docs.hpc.gwdg.de/how_to_use/storage_systems/temporary_storage/index.htmlMon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://docs.hpc.gwdg.de/how_to_use/storage_systems/temporary_storage/index.htmlThese can be used to reduce the IO load on slower data stores and therefore improve job performance and reduce the impact on other users. A common workflow is Copy files that must be read multiple times, particularly in random order, into the temporary storage. Do computations, keeping the most intense operations in the temporary storage (e.g. output files that have to be written over many times or in a random order). Copy the output files that need to be kept from the temporary storage to some data store. In this workflow, the temporary storage is used as a staging area for the high intensity IO operations while the other storage locations get low intensity ones (e.g. reading a file beginning to end once in large chunks).