TIGRESS

Information on TIGRESS/8pi/GRIFFIN DAQ

General info

• http://www.triumf.ca/gamma-ray-spectroscopy-isac

Contacts

garns hackman jsmith cpearson amaudruz olchansk

group computers

• mother8pi - NIS master server, most home directories

TIGRESS DAQ computers

• midtig01
• midtig02
• midtig03
• midtig04
• midtig06
• lxdaq17
• lxdaq18
• lxdaq19
• lxdaq03
• lxdaq04

GRIFFIN DAQ computers

• grsmid00 - main daq server - griffin shack
• daq08 (temp name) - data storage server - griffin shack
• grifipNN - collector cards
• grifadcNN - grif16 ADC boards
• grsibackup - storage server
• grsibackup01 - storage server
• grifstore0 - storage and compute servers
• grifstore1

GRIFFIN data rates

Nominal data rate: 300 Mibytes/sec
this is: 1 TiB/hour
this is: 24 TiB/day
this is: 120 TiB/5 days
this is: 168 TiB/week

Data array sizes using 6TB and 8TB disks, RAID0/RAID5/RAID6 configuration (only RAID6 is recommended)

With prices fro newegg 2016-June-21: 6TB WD "red" = $300, 8TB WD "red" = $420

4x6TB = 24/18/12 TB -> $1200
4x8TB = 32/24/16 TB -> $1680

8x6TB = 48/42/36 TB -> $2400
8x8TB = 64/56/48 TB -> $3360

16x6TB = 96/90/84 TB -> $4800
16x8TB = 128/120/112 TB -> $6720