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  • New servers: fermi-gpfs01 and fermi-gpfs02
    • Dual-connect storage between these two machines
    • Internet connectivity (2 x 10 Gbps per host?)
    • Install GPFS
    • Install xrootd
    • Balance data across xroot cluster
  • New NFS/GPFS service on former fermi-xrd01 and fermi-xrd02 (and wainXXX, wainYYY)
    • fermi-xrd01 and fermi-xrd02 
      • Drain xroot data (~180 TB)
      • Swap 2x R610 with SCS-owned R720 machines
      • Rename (fermi-gpfs03 and fermi-gpfs04?)
      • Internet connectivity (1 x 10 Gbps per host?)
      • Decide upon storage configuration
        • Number of spindles for Users/Groups (from wain025)
        • Number of spindles for production partitions (from wain026 and wain032)
        • Number of "spare" spindles for future expansion
      • Install GPFS (total capacity will be ~160 TB)
      • Migrate wain025, wain026, wain032 to new system
    • Select two wains for CNFS service (lots of memory + fast ethernet)
      • Drain xroot data from wainXXX and YYY (~64 TB)
      • Rename hosts (fermi-cnfs01, fermi-cnfs02?)
      • Install GPFS and CNFS software
      • Configure so that wain025 partitions are handled in such a way that their activities do not negatively impact access to other partitions
  • Upgrad NFS service for LSST
    • Repurpose wainZZZ to replace wain006
  • Drain xroot from other wains that are to be retired
  • Retirement list:
    • wain026
    • wain032
    • wain006
    • wains that are unreliable (due to Seagate drives?)
      • wain053  (29TB to be moved)
      • wain054  (22TB)
      • wain055  (27TB)
      • wain056  (30TB)
      • wain069  (23TB)
      • wain071  (28TB,  total = 159TB)
    • ...

Milestone Timeline

 

DateMilestone
7/1/2014new servers arrive, fermi-gpfs01 and fermi-gpfs02
7/30/2014storage arrays arrive
9/18/2014cables located, beginning of GPFS testing at SCS
1/13/2015xroot in production (readonly), and data migration/balancing begins
2/18/2015agree upon general Fermi storage plan
??fermi-xrd01/02 and wainXXX/YYY drained
??former fermi-xrd01/02 + wainXXX/YYY configured for CNFS service
??NFS data migrated to new service and ready for production
??wain006 migrated to wainZZZ
??all remaining retirees drained

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