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HPSS

spacer The High Performance Storage System (HPSS) consists of new tape libraries with storage capacity of more than 160 petabytes at the NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center (NWSC) and another 15 petabytes of disaster-recovery data storage at the Mesa Lab in Boulder.

These scalable, robotic systems comprise four StorageTek SL8500 tape libraries. File metadata are maintained in DB2, IBM's real-time database system.

Scheduled preventive maintenance periods are Tuesdays from 7 to 9 a.m. Mountain time.

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NWSC components

2 StorageTek SL8500 Tape libraries – 20,000 cartridge slots

46 T10000C tape drives – 240-MBps I/O rate each
T10000C media – 5-TB/cartridge, uncompressed

46 T10000D tape drives – 240-MBps I/O rate each
T10000D media – 8-TB/cartridge, uncompressed

>160-PB capacity (uncompressed)

Mesa Lab components

2 StorageTek SL8500 Tape libraries – 15,000 cartridge slots

15-PB capacity for disaster-recovery data

 

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NCAR courses

  • HPSS: Using your terabyte-years wisely
  • Intro to UNIX

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