Date: Tue, 4 Feb 1997 06:16:11 -0800 (PST) From: James W DeRoest <deroest@cac.washington.edu> To: AST WebAdmin <astweb@neruda.cac.washington.edu> Subject: hpss setup In-Reply-To: <Pine.WNT.3.93.970204005406.-447881B-100000@los.cac.washington.edu> Message-Id: <Pine.PCW.3.95.970204061541.5903E-100000@taveren.cac.washington.edu>
On Tue, 4 Feb 1997, Jim Fox wrote:
>
> You probably know the hardware better than I do. We will
> be running HPSS version 3.1 on both Ashur (3737) and
> Nineveh (4545). Both will be at 4.2 (R24?)
>
> I expect to have each with 100GB of disk cache (Ashur is
> there now). Ashur will have all the HPSS servers and be the
> master site. Nineveh will run a mover and possibly a second
> nameserver (if that becomes possible. Presently only one nameserver
> can be run). The two movers will allow both machines to
> feed tape drives at both 4545 and 3737. And will give us
> a disaster backup capability.
>
> Each silo will have 6 36-track drives and 1 or more redwoods
> (you're negotiating that.)
>
> Ashur should be plugged into the network this week and we
> can load the 3.1 version of HPSS and make it ready for
> users. Nineveh's upgrade to HPSS depends on what we do with
> the unitree files. I am going to try to move them into HPSS
> and see how it handles the load (approx 1M files).
>
> Also Ken's backup code to HPSS is waiting on the 4.2 system,
> so that will make more progress when Ashur is available.
>