HEPiX Spring 2009

Session

Storage and Filesystems II

27 May 2009, 10:30

Big Auditorium (kb3b1), KBC building (Umeå University)

25. Some SSD facts

Tim Polland (Texas Memory Systems / Takan)

27/05/2009, 10:30

14. CERN Lustre Evaluation

Arne Wiebalck (CERN)

27/05/2009, 11:00

Storage

CERN is evaluating the cluster file system Lustre as a potential consolidated storage solution for project space, home directories, analysis space and HSM. Rather than on performance or on scalability, the main focus of the evaluation will be on operational questions. This talk will cover the various aspects to be looked at during the survey and report on the initial thoughts and...

11. New HPSS architecture at SLAC

Alf Wachsmann (SLAC)

27/05/2009, 11:30

Storage

SLAC's HPSS hardware and software is reaching its end of support by 2010. We hae purchased two Sun SL8500 robots to replace our 6 Powderhorns and we are in the process of migrating from HPSS version 5.1 to version 6.2. In the same project, we are changing our HPSS architecture to now include disk caches. I will outline the entire project, the new hardware and software architecture, and the...