Acacia - User Guide

Acacia is Pawsey's warm tier object storage cluster. It is a performant and highly scalable resource; but differs from traditional filesystems by arranging data as objects in a bucket, rather than files in a folder hierarchy. For further information, please refer to the service guide below:

Quick Start

A guide to getting started on Acacia.

Common Usage

In-depth guides on the basics of using Acacia.

• Installing an S3 client application
• Configuring and running an S3 client
• Listing the contents of your account
• Creating and deleting buckets
• Creating and deleting objects
• Copying and sharing objects

Advanced Usage

Guides for making use of advanced features of Acacia.

• Synchronising data
• Using policies

Workflow examples

Examples of using Acacia storage as part of workflows involving Pawsey systems.

• Supercomputing workflow example

Troubleshooting

Solutions to common problems and where to go if you are still experiencing issues.