[NLPL Task Force (A)] [sigma at uninett.no #150734] Re: About the NIRD disk usage of NS9052K

[Maria Francesca Iozzi via RT]

Dear Stephan,

Thanks for informing us about the status of the project and I am glad to hear
that the NLPL is taking off. I will adjust the quota according to your current
request. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you need more storage along
the way.

Regarding the name I guess there is not problem in changing it. 

Please be aware that NORSTORE disk will be dismissed on  the 15/03-2018, so if
you want to check whether all your data have been properly migrated, please do
so before the 15/03. 
The same regards the data backup on tape. You will receive a reminder on this
in a dedicate mail.

Regards,
Francesca





On Tue Mar 06 10:18:05 2018, oe at ifi.uio.no wrote:

    ciao franceca,

    thanks for making contact; and apologies for the late reply!  i wanted
    to discuss expected storage requirements NLPL-internally first; which
    we did yesterday.  i am copying the NLPL infrastructure task force.

    truth be told, i was surprised about the current low usage.  i had
    assumed we were at around 60 terabytes, which was the count when i
    last had looked more closely, about a year ago.  when i looked now, it
    turns out the colleague who last worked on this project had cleaned up
    more aggressively than i think he should have.  only the derived data
    remains (a very large text corpus extracted from the Common Crawl),
    and all intermediary files have been removed.  alas.  we can reproduce
    them, should that turn out necessary ...

    so, no technical difficulties, just poor project-internal communication.

    looking ahead, our NeIC-funded NLPL project is gaining momentum, and
    this NIRD project will take on a more central role in NLPL in the
    months to come.  nevertheless, our current estimate is more
    conservative than what i had once anticipated: we expect our storage
    needs throughout 2018 will not exceed 60 terabytes.  could you adjust
    my original application for NS9052K accordingly?

    also, on a bookkeeping note: is there an easy way to change the
    project title to ‘NLPL: Nordic Language Processing Laboratory’, so
    that the association to our NeIC grant is more transparent?

    with thanks in advance, oe


    On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 10:42 AM, Maria Francesca Iozzi
    <maria.f.iozzi at uninett.no> wrote:
    > Dear Stephan,
    >
    > According to our administrative system, the NORSTORE/NIRD disk usage for your project NS9052K is 10 TiB in the period 2017.2. The quota for this project is 90TiB in 2017.2, thus indicating that the quota has been strongly underused. Did you encounter any technical problem that prevent you from using properly the allocated quota? In that case, please let us know and we will try to support you.
    >
    > In the application you sent in February 2017 you requested a quota of 150TiB for the period 2018.1 Do you plan to use this amount of disk or would you like to indicate a different quota? Please notice that the RFK committee (that will evaluate the application for 2018.1) will have to take into consideration the usage in the former periods. This means that the requested quota might be reduced.
    >
    > Thanks for your understanding,
    > Regards,
    >
    > Francesca @ Sigma2