Can I use the local hard-drives to store stuff?
If you are a funded CS student and have been assigned a workstation, you can request local disk storage space on your assigned machine.
Is it safe to store my data on local workstation hard-drives?
No! Workstation hard drives should be regarded as temporary work space only. PC disks are scrubbed periodically without warning.
Store your data in your Linux home directory, a thumb drive, or CD/DVD.