<!-- keep this as a security measure: #uncomment if the subject should only be modifiable by the listed groups # * Set ALLOWTOPICCHANGE = Main.TWikiAdminGroup,Main.CMSAdminGroup # * Set ALLOWTOPICRENAME = Main.TWikiAdminGroup,Main.CMSAdminGroup #uncomment this if you want the page only be viewable by the listed groups # * Set ALLOWTOPICVIEW = Main.TWikiAdminGroup,Main.CMSAdminGroup,Main.CMSAdminReaderGroup --> ---+ 9th Tier-3 Steering Board meeting ---++ Venue When: Friday, 7th Dec 2018, 10:30-13:30 Location: ETH Hönggerberg, HPK D32 ---++Agenda * User home * Status: ~ 75 active users use ~7TB of home (and backup) on ZFS. Lack of space during Jan-June 2018 * Plans: integration with PSI nfs home service<span style="color:blue"> <sup>[1]</sup> </span> * Storage * Status: * dCache upgrade to 3.2 * replacement old !NetApp/SGI with 4 Dlaco servers ~ 1PB * Plans: * add ~ 1PB with next budget * connect !NetApp to a newer fileserver * Batch system: * Status: * SGE cleaning from old queues (sherpa) * adjustment of scheduler policy for using Parallel Environment (PE) (smp) * Plans: * add WNs with both budget 17-18 and 19-21, starting from Jan-Feb.19 * T3 news - GPU for machine learning used by pilot users * Plans: add 1 more node in 2019/Q1 * Budget 17-18 and 19-20 <span style="color:blue"> <sup>[2]</sup> </span> * Perspectives/Updates: * Central jupyterHUB * Documentation: Storage, etc. * Infrastructure: replacement of very old t3 switches * Organizational points: re-arrangement of physics groups to 3 main "institution-wise" like psi, ethz and uniz * AOB ---- References: <span style="color:blue"> <sup>[1]</sup> </span> <font size="1">While since long there was permanent lack of space on t3 home server (t3nfs01, ~7TB), the way to resolve the problem is to migrate to a new home location on PSI standard nfs facility /t3home.<br/> /t3home is mounted already on UIs and WNs since June 2018 in addition to current /shome and is in use by test users and newcomers.<br/> The new default quota is 10GB to keep scripts, documentation, stuff like this.<br/> It's configured currently with 1 daily, 1 weekly and 1 monthly snapshots (on a specially reserved PSI nfs backup volume).<br/> In spite of the big gap in quota sizes current movement is easy: all user data from /shome is still FULLY AVAILABLE and usable.<br/> The next possible step is to re-use current backup space (t3nfs02, ~20TB). One might append it to /shome and use combined volume (7+20 = 27TB) as a "scratch" for big size data. </font> <span style="color:blue"> <sup>[2]</sup> </span> add tables? -- Main.NinaLoktionova - 2018-11-22
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