From: Frank Geurts (geurts_at_rice.edu)
Date: Mon Jun 09 2003 - 15:58:15 EDT
WD1200JB "Special Edition" 120GB, 7200rpm, 8Mb-buffer $145/each
see http://www.cdwg.com/shop/products/default.asp?EDC=361857
(if money is a problem, we could choose a smaller one for tofpdaq, but
that would only save you a few tens of $$)
W.J. Llope wrote:
> At 1:54 PM -0500 6/9/03, Frank Geurts wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> Wayne Betts and I wonder whether an upgrade of the tofpdaq.starp and
>> tofp.starp would be an approriate step this summer. For Wayne there
>> are the obvious security issues involved in any machine that is
>> connected to the network: most if not all STAR machines are registered
>> with ITD. ITD requires us to keep our machines secure, however both
>> machines are running RH6 and therefore not updated anymore (RH6
>> support has been phased out more than a year ago). The benefits for us
>> would be that we don't need to worry about the machines loosing
>> outbound network connectivity and that the machines could run along
>> with Wayne's STAR-wide update schedulers (like the tofgas machine
>> already does). Wayne is aware of the critical mission that these
>> machines have and will always contact me in case of (emergency) updates.
>>
>>
>> What I would like to suggest is buying two new harddisks (one for tofp
>> and one for tofr) which will have the new operating systems installed
>> and keep the old disks (w/ the RH6 on it) as a backup. This guarantees
>> a working system in October, even if it would mean that we had to go
>> back to the old version/harddisk (i am not aware of any kernel issues
>> for the PCI DAQ cards, but don't like to find out any when it is too
>> late)
>
>
>
> hi - if you can provide manufacturer/model & other details,
> i will order the disks (if possible) out of the TOFp M&S money.
> hasta
>
>
>
>> Comments?
>>
>> cheers,
>> Frank
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