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brainstorms:research_computing_storage_infrastructure_2012 [2012/05/25 08:59] – [Timeline] aorthbrainstorms:research_computing_storage_infrastructure_2012 [2012/05/25 09:12] aorth
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 ===== Current situation ===== ===== Current situation =====
 +  * HPC (June, 2011)
 +    * ~6TB of usable disk space, ~2.5TB in use right now
 +  * boran (database + VM server, January, 2012)
 +    * ~1.5TB usable disk space, ~20GB in use right now
  
 ===== Timeline ===== ===== Timeline =====
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     * Cassava genome project?     * Cassava genome project?
   * **May 24**: Alan and Isaac meet with NetApp storage representative ("GK" <gkumawat@techno-associates.co.ke>), facilitated by George Ogoti from ICT   * **May 24**: Alan and Isaac meet with NetApp storage representative ("GK" <gkumawat@techno-associates.co.ke>), facilitated by George Ogoti from ICT
-    * +    * Existing NetApp is expandable, there are various options we can explore 
 +    * GK is going to get us a quote for the following infrastructure 
 +      * RAID-DP (NetApp's version of RAID6, 2 disk failure) 
 +      * Site redundancy (storage syncs nightly via fiber to ICRAF) 
 +      * ILRI site will have two controllers for high availability 
 +      * ICRAF site will have one controller (less critical storage) 
 +      * Capacity 12TB or 24TB (with usable space roughly half of each figure)
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