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====== GNU/Linux Workstations ====== | ====== GNU/Linux Workstations ====== | ||
- | The standard Lorentz Institute workstation runs the GNU/Linux operating system | + | The standard Lorentz Institute workstation runs the [[https:// |
- | are configured | + | are configured |
- | You are allowed to install and/or build packages locally (directories to which you have access), but for system-wide installations you must file a request through our [[https:// | + | You are allowed to install and/or build packages locally (directories to which you have writing |
- | Although the workstations might differ in their hardware specifications, | + | We perform upgrades of the operating system of all workstations once a year usually starting in December. This is crucial for both security and latest software availability. |
- | you can access | + | |
+ | Although the workstations might differ in their hardware specifications, | ||
+ | you can access | ||
not accessible, such as in the event of a network disruption. | not accessible, such as in the event of a network disruption. | ||
- | ===== The home disk ===== | + | ===== Home disk ===== |
- | The home disk is `automounted' | + | |
- | <code bash> | + | ^Mount Point^ User Space^ Redundancy^Notes^ |
- | $ df /home | + | |/home| /home/<username>| RAID, 12:00 PM Daily Snapshots with 7 day expiration |NFS, automounted, |
- | Filesystem | + | |
- | home:/ | + | Each user has an **__allocated quota__** on the home disk depending on their role within the Lorentz Institute. The standard quota is 4GB, nonetheless it is possible to request extra space. To check your home disk usage type '' |
- | </code> | + | |
- | Each user has an **__allocated quota__** on the home disk depending on their role within the Lorentz Institute. The standard quota is 4GB, nonetheless it is possible to request extra space. To check your quota settings | + | We advise |
- | <code bash> | + | |
- | $ quota -s | + | |
- | Disk quotas for user xxxxxx (uid 999x99): | + | |
- | | + | |
- | home:/export/home | + | |
- | 12344K | + | |
- | </ | + | |
- | :!: Regularly check that you are below your assigned quota. Your workstation will stop working correctly if softwares cannot write temporary | + | |
- | To compile a list of the ten largest files in a directory execute | ||
- | <code bash> | ||
- | du -h / | ||
- | </ | ||
- | Then clean up responsibly. | ||
==== Home disk data availability ==== | ==== Home disk data availability ==== | ||
- | The IL home directories are hosted on a iSCSI array of disks arranged in a RAID | + | The Lorentz Institute |
- | configuration. Automatic snapshots (a sort of incremental backup) of the whole home disk are performed __everyday at midnight__. The total number of snapshots stored on our system at any time is __16 snapshots__. In | + | configuration. Automatic snapshots (a sort of incremental backup) of the whole home disk are performed __everyday at around 12:00 PM__. Each snapshot has a 7-day expiration and as such the total number of snapshots stored on our system at any time is __7__. |
- | other words, we should be able to revert to a version of your files that is 16 days old. | + | ===== Data disks ===== |
- | ===== Local disks ===== | + | Each workstation could have one or more local disks to offer large-data storage. The data disks of one workstation are also accessible |
- | Each workstation could have one or more local hard disks among which one is used to host the operating system files. | + | |
- | The remaining space can be used to store relatively large files and will be accessible | + | ^Mount Point^ User Space^ Redundancy^Notes^ |
- | mount points | + | |/data[1,..,n]| /data[1,..,n]| None or RAID. Backups are your resposibility |Local, no quota, mounted at boot| |
- | <code> | + | |/net/<workstation-name>/data[1,..,n]| /net/<workstation-name>/ |
- | $ df /data[0-9]* | + | |
- | Filesystem | + | In most cases, |
- | /dev/sda7 1838137644 67915552 1676827048 | + | |
- | / | + | To check if any of your workstation' |
- | </code> | + | |
- | In most cases, but not always, /data2 is configured as the mount point of a RAID[1|5] stack, meaning that data in it have a certain level of redundancy which can protect against disk failures. Note however, that storing all data on /data2 in RAID configuration will still not prevent data loss if all disks in the array `die', | + | Note that in the table above < |
+ | ===== Data storage disk ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Our data-storage disk can be accessed according to the following schema | ||
- | To check if any of your workstation' | + | ^Mount Point^ Total Size ^ Redundancy ^ Notes ^ |
- | < | + | |/disks/misc | 5 TB | RAID, 1:00 AM Daily Snapshots with two-day expiration | NFS, no quota, automount| |
- | $ cat /proc/mdstat | + | |[[institute_lorentz: |
- | Personalities | + | |
- | md127 : active raid1 sdd[2] sdc[0] | + | |
- | 1953383488 blocks super 1.2 [2/2] [UU] | + | |
- | bitmap: 0/15 pages [0KB], 65536KB chunk | + | |
- | unused devices: < | + | If you work on [[institute_lorentz:xmaris|xmaris]], |
+ | ===== Shell interpreters ===== | ||
+ | The Lorentz Institute workstations come with a set of pre-installed shell interpreters. Your login shell can be chosen upon registration of your Lorentz account (HL 409b) otherwise it will default to '' | ||
+ | shell interpreter at any time by just invoking | ||
- | </ | + | If you want to change your default interpreter use '' |
- | The example above shows that two disks are arranged into a RAID1 configuration. Check the output of '' | + | |
- | :!: The backup of any of the data you might have on the ''/ | + | ===== Available software |
- | ===== The shell interpreter | + | A variety |
- | The Lorentz workstations come with a set of pre-installed shell interpreters. Your login shell can be chosen upon registration | + | remotely in the form of //modules// from our software disk either |
- | shell interpreter at any time by just invoking | + | |
- | < | + | |
- | csh | + | |
- | </ | + | |
- | or change | + | |
- | ===== Access to other workstation | + | |
- | All data disks named data// | + | |
- | < | + | |
- | / | + | |
- | </ | + | |
- | Note that in the example above < | + | |
- | TIP: The `mounting' | + | |
- | ===== Compilers and libraries ===== | + | |
- | A variety of compilers and libraries are available on your workstation. Please refer to the following manual [[linux: | + | |
- | Here we only give a summary of useful commands. | + | While locally installed softwares can be launched directly because already loaded in your environment, //sfinx-// and // |
- | < | + | For more information consult |
- | # shows which environment | + | |
- | module | + | |
- | # load module | + | |
- | module load < | + | |
- | # unload module | + | |
- | module unload < | + | |
- | </ | + | |
- | NOTE: If [[linux: | + | :!: If [[linux: |
===== Help ===== | ===== Help ===== | ||
Should you need assistance operating your workstation, | Should you need assistance operating your workstation, |