Data Storage Capabilities at HMCCOM

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Data Storage Capabilities at HMC/COM

• Capacity
• Availability (HMC/COM, PSU-UP, World)
• Backup/Security
• Tools for Moving Sharing Data

Russell Scaduto, Ph.D. rscaduto_at_psu.edu Director
of Research and Academic Computing October 19,
2004
Presentation available for download http//www.hm
c.psu.edu/scaduto
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• Storage Technology See http//www.pcmag.com/artic
  le2/0,1759,1610788,00.asp
• Approximately 250 Servers maintained by IT
• 195 Windows 2000 Server (75 are in the
  Connected Citrix farm)
• 32 AIX Unix
• 16 Novell
• 3 VMS Server
• 36 Windows NT 4.0 Server (SP6)

• Migration to SAN Technology (Storage Area
  Network, several servers share common storage
  array)
• IBM Shark, ESS800, 12 TB (mostly for Lawson and
  Connected)
• HP EVA 5000, 6 TB (mostly for Eclipsys)
• Migration to DFS (Distributed File Sharing) (see
  http//www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/howi
  tworks/fileandprint/dfsnew.asp
• Migration to using a home share using DFS and
  E-Pass account

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• Storage Capacity
• Storage for institutional systems data e.g.,
  LDAP (FRED, Directory), GroupWise, Cadence
  (scheduling), Signature (billing, patient
  registration), Lawson (HMC HR), Kronos (HMC
  payroll), Eclipsys (medical records, patient
  accounting), CIS (Connected), IDX (medical
  imaging).
• General file/app storage (file servers for data,
  print servers, applications). Data files.
  Currently we have about 2.1 TB of data stored.
• Two new Win 2000 servers added for migration and
  growth.
• 2 TB (up to 8 TB)
• 8 TB (aaresearch1)

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• AARESEARCH1
• Only available from our campus (but see Storing,
  Moving Sharing Data, below).
• Users must login to HERSHEYMED domain for access
  from a PC. Macs must use OS 10.3 or newer and
  domain login is not required. Macs mount drive
  using SMB.
• Excellent way to share data between PCs and
  Macs (see website for tips).
• Get to your data from anywhere on campus.
• User rights to shared Faculty-Lab directory are
  changed by email request to Account Management
  group.
• Research use only, by Investigator. Departmental
  administration data, executables, print servers
  are not allowed. Not for hard drive backup.
• Server has a capacity of 8 TB. Individual user
  limits are not currently in place.
• Server is backed up daily.
• For all details, see http//infonet.hmc.psu.edu/
  aaresearch1

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AARESEARCH1 Usage (1.2)
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Tools for Storing, Moving Sharing Data
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• HMC/COM Data Sharing
• Email Unreliable Slow. Especially true for
  files gt1 MB when moving data between GroupWise
  and PSU Access Account System.
• AAResearch1 Recommended.
• Peer to Peer Networks Good, but not Centrally
  supported.
• USB Keys, Zip Drives, CDs Handy, but not robust
  solution.

• Remote Access to HMC/COM Data
• Remote Access to HMC servers. See
  (https//access.hersheymed.net). New Remote
  system provides secure access to servers (and
  other resources( from any web browser. Requires
  epass password.
• PSU PASS (Penn State Access Account Storage
  Space). Uses a Samba server. Login from HMC or
  PSU-UP as \\samba.cac.psu.edu\homes and use
  Access Account User ID. Everyone has 500 MB of
  space. Requires PSU-UP ISP to PSU VPN access
  from remote locations (excluding Hershey)
• COM VPN Access. Accounts available for specific
  needs only. It requires client software on your
  computer.

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• HMC/COM Remote Access
• Provides access to services and servers behind
  our firewall.
• Does not work from a Mac.
• URL https//access.hersheymed.net
• Uses Epass password and requires Java plugin.
• Can get to any server, and save paths as
  bookmarks.

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• PSU PASS (Penn State Access Account Storage
  Space).
• Uses a Samba server. Login from HMC or PSU-UP as
  \\samba.cac.psu.edu\homes and use Access Account
  User ID.
• Everyone has 500 MB of space. Requires PSU-UP
  ISP to PSU VPN access from remote locations
  (excluding Hershey).
• Everyone that has an Access Account has a PASS
  Space.
• In Windows, you can map the path to a logical
  drive and, optionally, have Windows automatically
  login when the computer boots.
• You can share data in your PASS Space if you also
  have activated your Personal Web Space. Data
  put in your www folder can be accessed by
  anyone using a URL. Seehttp//aset.its.psu.edu/
  accounts/personal.htmlhttp//css.its.psu.edu/news
  /nlfa02/Servicespages/Don't20Attach.htmlhttps//
  www.work.psu.edu/pass/instructions.shtmlhttp//ep
  ortfolio.psu.edu/collect/50min03.shtmlhttp//aset
  .its.psu.edu/ait/storagespace.html
• Access to your PASS Space requires a VPN session
  from remote locations. See http//aset.its.psu.
  edu/vpn/

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Sharing Data Globally LionDB Developed at PSU,
Lloyd Huck Institutes, Bioinformatics Consulting
Center. See http//liondb.org/index.html How
do I share my data with my collaborators? There
are two ways to go about it. When working with a
small number of people you might consider sharing
with your collaborators the access URL that we
send when you get your account (or when you
change your password). Your collaborator will be
able to log into your account up until you change
your password again. The more rigorous way to go
about it is to ask the LionDB administrators to
give access permissions to your data.
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Sharing Data Globally BioCoRE A Biological
Collaborative Research Environment. Developed at
the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign by
the Theoretical and Computational Biophysics
Group. BioCoRE is a collaborative work
environment for biomedical research, research
management and training. A resource-centered
platform, BioCoRE offers scientists, working
together or alone, a seamless interface to a
broad range of local and remote technologies such
as discipline-specific and general tools, data,
and visualization solutions. To harness and
streamline collaborative capabilities across
temporal and physical boundaries in research and
training, BioCoRE builds on the transparent use
of and communication between technological
resources (hardware and software) and databases.
BioCoRE features powerful yet easy-to-use tools,
among them co-authoring papers and other
documents, running applications on
supercomputers, sharing molecular visualization
over the Internet, notifying project team members
of recent project changes by email, chatting,
keeping a lab book, and other practical other
practical features. BioCoRE is a freely available
collaborative environment designed for
scientists. See http//www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/
biocore/
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Sharing Data Globally LionShare Under
development. See http//lionshare.its.psu.edu/ma
in/ The LionShare P2P project is an innovative
effort to facilitate legitimate file-sharing
among individuals and educational institutions
around the world. By using Peer to Peer (P2P)
technology and incorporating features such as
authentication, directory servers, and owner
controlled sharing of files, LionShare promises
secure file-sharing capabilities for the easy
exchange of image collections, video archives,
large data collections, and other types of
academic information. In addition to
authenticated file-sharing capabilities, the
developing LionShare technology will also provide
users with resources for organizing, storing, and
retrieving digital files.
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Thanks