From:Lisa Oray Linarte
Subject: New programs on CFASSPC (in Cambridge, MA)
Date: Aug 02, 02 09:44:48 AM -0400
SPECIAL NOTICE:
The SSP PC, located in the area outside p/332/P333, has had two new
programs installed on it, available for use by an SSP person. Photoshop
- the image and photo editing program, and Canvas, a drawing and
illustrating program are now installed. Manuals can be borrowed for use
at the computer from Pete Nisenson and there are on-line help files as well.
From: Sylvain Korzennik
Subject: new compute servers, cfassp0 and cfassp1
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 12:10:31 -0400 (EDT)
The division has purchased two compute servers from unexpected year-end
funds, allocated at the very last minute (literally). Due to the weird pricing
structure of Sun equipment, we bought two 2-CPUs machines rather than a single
4-CPUs (such a server is approximately 5 times more expensive).
The new host names are CFASSP0 and CFASSP1. Both are a SunBlade 1000 with two
750MHz UltraSPARC III processors, with a 8-MB cache each, and 1024 MB of
memory. They have been installed in the CF's machine room and are as of today
available for login and for your compute-intensive jobs. Please (re)nice your
non-interactive jobs to 10 to help share that resource, and enjoy.
From: Sylvain Korzennik
Subject: New divisional computer hardware
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 17:04:54 -0400 (EDT)
From: SSP Computer committee (Pete N., Scott K., Sylvain K.)
To: SSP division
Re: New divisional computer hardware
The division has bought some new hardware and supplies with the meager
divisional year-end funds available this year. The new hardware consists of
more disks, a color printer, and a public PC. Supplies consists of blank tapes
and recordable CDs.
* Additional NetApp disks for SSP's pool and data disks:
/pool/ssp has been increased from 120GB to 288GB.
/data/ssp has been increased from 60GB to 108GB.
To promote a more even use of SSP's pool space, files stored under
/pool/ssp that are older than 90 days (3 months) will be deleted
(automatically, every night). Remember that none of the /pool disks are
backed up. /pool/ssp is ment for large temporary storage, see
/pool/ssp/README.
All /home and /data disks are backed up by the CF, use /data/ssp for long
term storage. The quota on /data/ssp has been increased to 4GB per user,
see /data/ssp/README.
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** **
** All users of /pool/ssp should be aware that they might have files **
** older than 90 days. These files will disappear overnight once the **
** new scrubbing policy is in place (i.e., Monday Oct 1st). **
** **
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The new disks will be configured by the CF tomorrow morning (Sept. 25th)
and should be available in their new configuration as of Wednesday
(Sept. 26th)
* A new color printer:
An HP Inkjet color printer, located by Lisa Linarte office (next to the
FAX machine), is available from all CF-managed machines, and has been
named `ssplc'.
Remember:
1) Please do not change the printer setup.
2) Color printing is expensive, please use it only if and when
appropriate.
3) This is a low cost, hence lower quality color printer. Keep in mind
that the CF supports better color printers.
4) Do not use supplies that might damage the printer (in doubt, ask).
* An Intel/MSWinME PC:
A PC running Microsoft Window ME is available to all SSP users. This PC is
located next to the public workstation (by P-333) has been named
CFASSPC.
It is connected to the network, it is equipped with a CD writer, and has
the complete suite of Microsoft Office software.
Note:
1) There is no system administrator for this machine.
Do not bother the CF if something is not working the way you want or
need.
Pete Nisenson has volunteered to configure it and help keep it
running. If you need any configuration change, ask or e-mail him.
2) Do NOT install or remove any software.
Do NOT change the system configuration, printer queues, etc...
Do NOT use/install any pirated software.
Again, ask Pete for any configuration changes and/or enhancements.
3) Please keep your files under D:\USERS\, and remember that
there is no backup. Remove your file once you don't need them anymore.
4) Please remains vigilant as to avoid infecting that PC with a virus.
* The division keeps the following supplies:
- DAT tapes 90m: 2GB
- Exabyte tapes 112m: 5GB (on 8505 drives), 2GB (on 8500)
- DLT tapes DLT III: 15GB
and DLT IV: 40GB
- blank CD-ROM disks 16x: 650MB
These are kept in the cabinet under the b/w printer `ssplw' (by
P-333). Use the black log book to help us keep track of supplies use.
The price of a tape scales with it's capacity. Try to use the right tape
for the job (i.e., use only the large capacity tapes when needed).
From: Sylvain Korzennik
Subject: membership in the "ssp" group on the CF-managed hosts
Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2000 11:11:00 -0500 (EST)
The CF has informed me that when new accounts are created, new users are not
automatically part of any divisional group (ie, like the group `ssp'). In
order to use some of the SSP computer resouces (like /pool/ssp and /data/ssp),
you must be part of the `ssp' group.
To check what groups you are part of, use the unix command `groups'. To be
added to a group, contact SunHelp (sunhelp@cfa).
From: Sylvain Korzennik
Subject: new SSPLW printer
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 17:13:14 -0400 (EDT)
The aging and failure prone SSPLW printer (by P-333) has been replaced by a
new (HP 4050TN) printer. The new one works like the old one, and you should
see no changes. Soon, the duplex printing optional accessory should be
delivered and SSPLW will be capable of printing on both sides of a page (with
the appropriate command option).
This printer comes with two trays: when one is empty it switches to the
other one. These are called trays #2 and #3, each holds 250 pages; when both
are empty, please fill in paper in both trays.
Tray #1 is for manual feed, and is fed by opening the front panel marked
with a (1). Up to 10 pages can be piled up for manual feed (eg: letter head
paper). To print from the manual feed tray (aka tray #1), use the command
`hprint -manualfeed psfile', where psfile is the PostScript file to print. You
can also request paper from a special tray with the '-lowertray' and
'-uppertray' options to hprint. (Consult the CF help pages on printing for
additional info on printing options).
From: Sylvain Korzennik
Subject: additional divisional disks and new workstations
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 16:35:30 -0400 (EDT)
Dear SSP member,
Thanks to the 2 for 1 deal w/ SUN, the division was able to purchased two
new 36 GB disks (in addition to the three anounnced earlier). These disks will
be very soon mounted on the NetApp (aka, the toaster called moonbeam).
The total divisional disks space will remain configured with a 1/3 -- 2/3
split between /data/ssp and /pool/ssp. Hence (very soon):
- /data/ssp:
total quota: 60 GB
user quota: 2 GB
files are backed-up
.snapshot is turned on
- /pool/ssp:
total quota: 120 GB
no user quota
no backups
automatic deletion of files older than 6 months
.snapshot is turned on
The initial "expiration" time of 6 months for /ssp/pool, and the 1/3 - 2/3
split as well as the user quota can be adjusted according to the needs of the
division.
Some 15 new workstations will also be purchased (12 from div. funds, 3 from
indiv. grants), allowing us to replace all sparc-class machines by ultra-class
ones.
From: Sylvain Korzennik
Subject: new disks for SSP's users
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 19:04:22 -0400 (EDT)
Dear SSP member,
The division has acquired three new 36 GB disks, that are mounted on the
NetApp (the toaster called moonbeam). These disks replace the disks that were
mounted on ssp0 and ssp5, SSP's old servers. These servers (ie ssp0 and ssp5),
will be retired (turned off) as of Friday August 18th. The content of the
disks served by ssp0 and ssp5 will be moved to the new disks (see list below),
some time soon (either Tuesday 15th and Wednesday the 16th). The CF will
schedule these moves with the individual users who will be affected.
The new disks have been configured as follow:
- 1/3 as /data/ssp, ie:
total quota: 36 GB
user quota: 2 GB
files are backed-up
.snapshot is turned on
- 2/3 as /pool/ssp
total quota: 72 GB
no user quota
no backups
automatic deletion of files older than 6 months
.snapshot is turned on
If and when more divisional funds will be available we expect to augment the
divisional disks. The initial "expiration" time of 6 months for /ssp/pool can
be adjusted according to the need of the division.
For long term storage, use /data/ssp (by creating a subdirectory under
/data/ssp, I'd recommend to use your login name). Each user cannot have more
that 2 GB of storage under /data/ssp, the total storage capacity for all users
is limited to 36 GB .(This means indeed that there is not enough room for
everybody to store 2GB). Files stored under /data/ssp will be backed-up by the
CF.
For large temporary storage, use /pool/ssp (again create a subdirectory
under /pool/ssp using your login name). There is a total storage capacity for
all users of 72 GB, with no individual quota. Files stored under /pool/ssp
are not backed-up (although some short term recovery is available via the
.snapshot mechanism). Files stored under /pool/ssp and older than 6 months are
automatically deleted.
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