From: W.J. Llope (llope_at_physics.rice.edu)
Date: Tue Jun 10 2003 - 15:41:18 EDT
...order placed... cheers,
bill
At 2:58 PM -0500 6/9/03, Frank Geurts wrote:
> 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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