Performance of UK in the LHCb Service Challenge 3 (ongoing - soon to be finished)

The following paragraph is abstracted from the following webpage at CERN discussing LCG deployment schedule from 2006 to 2008.

Service Challenge 3 operates a reliable base service including most of the Tier-1
centres and some Tier-2s. It has two phases - a setup phase terminating with a
throughput test, followed by a three-month period of stable operation during which
experiments may carry out tests of their software chains and computing models.

The SC3 is scheduled to end in December 2005. Here, I gather data relating to the performance of UK institutes during this service challenge.

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Various disk and tape spaces used at RAL. Fri Mar 17 16:45:38 GMT 2006

The tape usage on datastore :
                   used is   9.613 TB

The usage on NFS :
                alloted is   1.926 TB
                   used is   0.878 TB
                   free is   1.008 TB
For the following mount points :
   /stage/lhcb-data1
   /stage/lhcb-data2
   /stage/lhcb-data3
   /stage/lhcb-data4
   /rutherford/lhcb-soft1
   /rutherford/lhcb-data1

The disk usage on dCache :
                alloted is   7.420 TB
                   used is   4.114 TB
                   free is   3.306 TB

The tape usage on dCache :
                alloted is  20.000 TB
                   used is   0.324 TB
                   free is  19.676 TB

For the total (NFS + dCache disk + dCache tape) :
                alloted is  29.345 TB
                   used is   5.315 TB
                   free is  23.991 TB

 .... Separately diskspace on AFS (/afs/rl.ac.uk/lhcb) :
                alloted is   0.109 TB
                   used is   0.009 TB
                   free is   0.100 TB



Various disk and tape spaces used at RAL. Wed Feb 15 13:05:59 GMT 2006

The tape usage on datastore :
                   used is   9.613 TB

The usage on NFS :
                alloted is   1.926 TB
                   used is   0.831 TB
                   free is   1.056 TB
For the following mount points :
   /stage/lhcb-data1
   /stage/lhcb-data2
   /stage/lhcb-data3
   /stage/lhcb-data4
   /rutherford/lhcb-soft1
   /rutherford/lhcb-data1

The disk usage on dCache :
                alloted is   7.420 TB
                   used is   2.083 TB
                   free is   5.336 TB

The tape usage on dCache :
                alloted is  20.000 TB
                   used is   0.397 TB
                   free is  19.603 TB

For the total (NFS + dCache disk + dCache tape) :
                alloted is  29.345 TB
                   used is   3.312 TB
                   free is  25.995 TB

 .... Separately diskspace on AFS (/afs/rl.ac.uk/lhcb) :
                alloted is   0.109 TB
                   used is   0.008 TB
                   free is   0.101 TB



Various disk and tape spaces used at RAL. Thu Jan 19 11:40:46 GMT 2006

The tape usage on datastore :
                   used is   9.613 TB

The usage on NFS :
                alloted is   1.926 TB
                   used is   0.821 TB
                   free is   1.065 TB
For the following mount points :
   /stage/lhcb-data1
   /stage/lhcb-data2
   /stage/lhcb-data3
   /stage/lhcb-data4
   /rutherford/lhcb-soft1
   /rutherford/lhcb-data1

The disk usage on dCache :
                alloted is   7.420 TB
                   used is   2.082 TB
                   free is   5.338 TB

The tape usage on dCache :
                alloted is  20.000 TB
                   used is   0.300 TB
                   free is  19.700 TB

For the total (NFS + dCache disk + dCache tape) :
                alloted is  29.345 TB
                   used is   3.204 TB
                   free is  26.103 TB

 .... Separately diskspace on AFS (/afs/rl.ac.uk/lhcb) :
                alloted is   0.109 TB
                   used is   0.008 TB
                   free is   0.101 TB



Various disk and tape spaces used at RAL. Fri Dec 16 14:45:06 GMT 2005

The tape usage on datastore :
                   used is   9.613 TB


The usage on NFS :
                alloted is   1.926 TB
                   used is   0.821 TB
                   free is   1.065 TB
For the following mount points :
   /stage/lhcb-data1
   /stage/lhcb-data2
   /stage/lhcb-data3
   /stage/lhcb-data4
   /rutherford/lhcb-soft1
   /rutherford/lhcb-data1


The disk usage on dCache :
                alloted is   7.420 TB
                   used is   0.671 TB
                   free is   6.749 TB


The tape usage on dCache :
                alloted is  20.000 TB
                   used is   0.300 TB
                   free is  19.700 TB


For the total (NFS + dCache disk + dCache tape) :
                alloted is  29.345 TB
                   used is   1.792 TB
                   free is  27.514 TB


 .... Separately diskspace on AFS (/afs/rl.ac.uk/lhcb) :
                alloted is   0.109 TB
                   used is   0.007 TB
                   free is   0.102 TB