On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 6:10 AM, John Hearns <hear...@googlemail.com> wrote: > I do agree with you that there are situations where you transfer the > data to faster storage before running on it - > I am thinking on one particular case right now! > I Also agree with you that you then have the danger of 'squirreling > away' copies on the fast storage, and forgetting why they are there. > The systems administrator must put in place strong policies on this - > leave your data on the fast storage, it gets deleted after N weeks.
Do you find such a policy hard to enforce with researchers? I don't have tiered storage today, but in the future i can see a need to have a storage pool with SATA and a storage pool with SAS or faster drives in it. Some of the researchers where I am, work on data for months. Is this something better solved with pre/post-amble copies or through policies? _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
