# Best place to store large ancil files? **URL:** \ **Category:** Unified Model\ **Tags:** ARCHER2\ **Created:** [30 June 2022 10:30 UTC](https://cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/t/best-place-to-store-large-ancil-files/643 "2022-06-30T10:30:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![shakka](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/shakka/32/111_2.png) [@shakka](https://cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/u/shakka)\ **Post date:** [30 June 2022 10:30 UTC](https://cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/t/best-place-to-store-large-ancil-files/643/1 "2022-06-30T10:30:04Z")
Hi CMS, I am trying to transfer n2560 ancils over from jasmin to archer to use with my MetUM simulations. However, I’ve run into ‘disk quota exceeded’ errors in my /work directory. 2 questions for you: 1. could I have a larger quota please? The total size of the n2560 directory is 445 GB on jasmin. 2. Where is the best place to store these long-term? I will need to be able to point to them in a place that is visible to the compute nodes - so presumably that has to be on /work? Thanks, Ella ---
**Author:** ![grenville](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/grenville/32/29_2.png) [@grenville](https://cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/u/grenville)\ **Post date:** [30 June 2022 11:05 UTC](https://cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/t/best-place-to-store-large-ancil-files/643/2 "2022-06-30T11:05:27Z")
Ella Increased your /work quota to 2TB. We are reluctant to put files centrally unless they come from an equivalent place on Monsoon for example, and/or come with an explanation and provenance, and are for use by a large part of the user base. Otherwise the central store becomes unmanageable. It feels like you should keep these files in your /work space. Grenville ---
**Author:** ![shakka](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/shakka/32/111_2.png) [@shakka](https://cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/u/shakka)\ **Post date:** [30 June 2022 15:00 UTC](https://cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/t/best-place-to-store-large-ancil-files/643/3 "2022-06-30T15:00:20Z")
Hi Grenville, thanks for the quota increase. Makes total sense about the central storage. E ---
**Author:** ![system](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/cms_support/original/1X/1fd2411499ffcbc299fe756cd5cdf26e44956558.png) [@system](https://cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/u/system)\ **Post date:** [4 November 2023 22:00 UTC](https://cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/t/best-place-to-store-large-ancil-files/643/4 "2023-11-04T22:00:20Z")
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**Author:** ![RosalynHatcher](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/rosalynhatcher/32/11_2.png) [@RosalynHatcher](https://cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/u/RosalynHatcher)\ **Post date:** [5 November 2023 22:24 UTC](https://cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/t/best-place-to-store-large-ancil-files/643/5 "2023-11-05T22:24:29Z")