Hi all, Our next Research IT Reading Group <https://wikihub.berkeley.edu/display/istrit/Research+IT+Reading+Group> will continue our discussions about the evolving storage landscape for campus research data. At this discussion, we will focus on recent developments underway here at UC Berkeley led by the IST Storage & Backup team in partnership with our collaborators at LBNL. John White (Storage Architect for the BRC Savio cluster and a member of LBNL's High Performance Computing Services team) and Jack Shnell (Storage Administrator in IST's Storage & Backup group) will present their experiences developing parallel file system solutions, especially GPFS. They will describe recent developments for the BRC Savio cluster and some experimental work on an archival storage service with the Library. Parallel file systems have significant potential for advancing storage solutions for research, and we look forward to discussing the possibilities.
*When*: Thursday, February 26 from noon - 1pm *Where*: 200C Warren Hall, 2195 Hearst St (see building access instructions on parent page <https://wikihub.berkeley.edu/display/istrit/Research+IT+Reading+Group>). *Event format*: The reading group is a brown bag lunch (bring your own) with a short ~20 min talk followed by ~40 min group discussion. Please review the following in advance of the 2/26 meeting: ============================== ==> Enhancing High-Performance Computing Clusters with Parallel File Systems <http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/power/ps2q05-20040179-Saify-OE.pdf>, Dell Power Solutions (2005) ==> Parallel File Systems <http://www.cs.iit.edu/~iraicu/teaching/CS554-F13/lecture17-pfs-sam-lang.pdf>, slide deck from a guest lecture by Samuel Lang at Argonne National Laboratory (September 2010), especially slides 1-9 (the rest are more technical) Optional readings: ==> storage.berkeley.edu <http://ist.berkeley.edu/is/platforms/storage/> -- storage options currently offered by the IST Storage & Backup team ==> LTFS 3: Linear Tape File System and the Future of Tape Data Storage <http://community.aiim.org/blogs/nick-inglis/2014/09/19/ltfs-3-linear-tape-file-system-and-the-future-of-tape-data-storage> ==> Library Partitioning: A Perfect Case Study or LTFS <http://blog.quantum.com/library-partitioning-a-perfect-use-for-ltfs/> ============================== Warren Hall access: For those who do not have keycard access to the building, please take the elevator to the second floor (stairwell door requires keycard). Before noon, let the receptionist know you're joining the Reading Group in 200C and s/he will let you in and show you the way. After noon, look for a sign next to the receptionist window to the right as you exit the elevators. We'll post a note with a phone number that you can call or text, and someone will come out to open the locked doors. We look forward to seeing you Thursday!
