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--- computing:department:unix:support_information:home [2011/03/17 20:02] – [Requirements for Department-supported Linux systems] allan
+++ computing:department:unix:support_information:home [2015/12/16 11:14] (current) – allan
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   * We cannot support dual-boot systems.
-===== Server and storage support =====
+Data storage on individual workstations is discouraged, as the data are generally not protected against drive failure, and is not backed up.
-We would prefer to be involved in the purchase process for any server hardware we are expected to support.
+We expect to be involved in the purchase process for any server hardware we are expected to support.
-For small-scale simple data storage (up to 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).
-For large-scale (multi-TB) storage, we support 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 =====
-Please refer to [[version_support|this page]] for more information on our supported versions of unix and the differences between them.