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 ===== 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
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 ===== Timeline =====
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     * 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
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+    * 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)