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| ====== Departmental Linux Support ====== | ====== Departmental Linux Support ====== | ||
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| - | We will install and support linux on any compatible workstation for you, following these guidelines. | ||
| ===== Requirements for Department-supported Linux systems ===== | ===== Requirements for Department-supported Linux systems ===== | ||
| - | * Your hardware must be directly supported by our version of Linux. | + | * Your hardware must be directly supported by our Linux distribution, |
| - | * We are always happy to advice | + | * We are always happy to advise |
| - | * The primary hard drive is devoted entirely to the operating system. | + | * The primary hard drive will be devoted entirely to the operating system. |
| - | * Local user data must be stored on separate hard drives. | + | * Local user data must be stored on separate hard drives. We value your data, and will not put it at risk by having it share space with the OS, where it may get overwritten by re-partitioning during reinstalls |
| - | * We do not share the root password to non IT-staff. If you have special needs, talk to us, we can usually make things work for you using '' | + | * " |
| + | * We do not share root passwords with non IT-staff. If you have special needs, talk to us, we can usually make things work for you using '' | ||
| * Home directories are generally stored on the department file server, although can discuss special arrangements for special needs. | * Home directories are generally stored on the department file server, although can discuss special arrangements for special needs. | ||
| - | * We will not support dual-boot systems. | + | * We cannot |
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| - | ===== Server and storage support ===== | + | |
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| - | We would prefer to be involved in the purchase process for any server hardware we are expected to support. | + | |
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| - | For small-scale data storage (a few TB), we support use of additional hard drives in any workstation or server (external drives, eg USB, are not supported for permanent storage). | + | |
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| - | For large-scale (multi-TB) storage, we use a variety of technologies. | + | |
| - | * many groups use hardware RAID systems attached to our SAN (storage area network); this can be used to support storage in the 20-100TB range. | + | |
| - | * at slightly smaller scale, there is some use of internal hardware or software RAID in servers. | + | |
| - | * for specialized use cases, we are supporting hadoop HDFS for some research groups. | + | |
| - | ===== Operating System version information ===== | + | Data storage on individual workstations is discouraged, |
| - | Please refer to [[version_support|this page]] for more information on our supported versions of linux and the differences between them. | + | We expect |