HiPERCAM is operated at the WHT and GTC, ULTRACAM is operated at the WHT, VLT and NTT, and ULTRASPEC is operated at the ESO 3.6m, NTT and TNT. All three instruments also spend time in the labs at Sheffield and the UKATC. We therefore have equipment in the UK, Chile, La Palma and Thailand, making logistics a nightmare. This web page is an attempt at improving our documentation and record-keeping in this respect.
The following backups of HiPERCAM/ULTRACAM/ULTRASPEC's various PCs exist. Note that ULTRACAM refers to the ULTRACAM data reduction PC. MAGNETAR is Vik's old (ULTRACAM) lap-top, which has long since been decommissioned. Information on the HiPERCAM backups will appear here shortly.
Date | Media | Location | system | Description |
20/05/2002 | DAT | Vik's office | ULTRACAM | backup |
14/08/2002 | DAT | Vik's office | ULTRACAM | backup |
19/08/2002 | DAT | Paul Kerry's office | UCAM2 | level 0 backup of /, /ucam2 and /data |
07/09/2002 | DAT | Vik's office | UCAM2 | tar backup of /boot, / and /ultracam |
14/09/2002 | DAT | Paul Kerry's office | ULTRACAM | tar backup of /boot and / |
01/05/2004 | DAT | Vik's office | UCAM2 | tar backup of /boot, / and /ultracam |
23/03/2005 | DAT | Vik's office | UCAM2 | Before Andy Vick came to Sheffield for VLT prep |
06/04/2005 | DAT | Vik's office | UCAM2 | After Andy Vick came to Sheffield (uncompressed tar) |
06/04/2005 | DVD | Vik's office | UCAM2 | includes new counter card s/w & ultracam v0.91q for VLT |
16/08/2005 | DAT | Vik's office | UCAM3 | tar backup of /boot and / (uncomp) |
17/11/2005 | USB4 | Vik's office | UCAM3 | backup |
17/11/2005 | USB3 | Vik's office | UCAM3 | backup |
17/11/2005 | USB3 | Vik's office | ULTRACAM | backup |
17/11/2005 | USB3 | Vik's office | MAGNETAR | backup |
19/11/2005 | DAT | Vik's office | ULTRACAM | tar backup of /boot, / and /home after debian installation |
19/11/2005 | HARD DISK | ULTRACAM:/ultracam_data1 | UCAM3 | gzipped tar backup of entire PC before second VLT run |
19/11/2005 | DAT | Vik's office | UCAM3 | uncomp tar backup of /boot and / |
20/11/2005 | DVD | Vik's office | UCAM3 | gzipped tar of top-level directories, copy 1 of 2, made at Paranal |
20/11/2005 | DVD | Vik's office | UCAM3 | tar.gz files of top level directories, copy 2 of 2, made at Paranal |
01/11/2006 | HARD DISK | ULTRACAM:/ultracam_data1 | UCAM3 | direct copy of entire PC before ULTRASPEC comm run |
01/11/2006 | DAT | Vik's office | UCAM3 | tar backup of /boot and / |
03/11/2006 | DAT | Vik's office | ULTRACAM | backup |
04/12/2006 | USB5 | Vik's office | UCAM2 | /root/vsd backup (for ULTRASPEC changes) |
04/12/2006 | USB5 | Vik's office | UCAM2 | /config/xml backup (for ULTRASPEC changes) |
28/02/2007 | DVD | Vik's office | UCAM3 | Individual tar files |
28/02/2007 | DAT | Vik's office | ULTRACAM | tar backup of /boot, / and /home (gzip) |
28/02/2007 | HARD DISK | SCSI disk array:/data4 | UCAM3 | After ULTRASPEC commissioning run (gzipped tar) |
28/02/2007 | DVD | Vik's office | UCAM3 | Includes ULTRASPEC software (2 disks, tar) |
28/02/2007 | HARD DISK | SCSI disk array:/data4 | UCAM3 | After ULTRASPEC commissioning run (3 iso files) |
01/03/2007 | DAT | Paul Kerry's office | UCAM3 | tar backup of /boot and / |
07/06/2007 | HARD DISK | SCSI disk array:/data4 | IMEDIA1-VLT | gzipped tar backup of entire PC |
07/06/2007 | DAT | Paul Kerry's office | UCAM2 | full tar backup |
07/06/2007 | HARD DISK | hubble (Paul Kerry's PC) | IMEDIA1-WHT | full tar gzipped backup |
04/01/2008 | DAT | Vik's office | UCAM2 | tar backup of /boot and / prior to UKATC visit to install new ULTRASPEC system. Copy 1 of 2 |
04/01/2008 | DAT | Paul Kerry's office | UCAM2 | tar backup of /boot and / prior to UKATC visit to install new ULTRASPEC system. Copy 2 of 2 |
25/01/2008 | DAT | Vik's office | UCAM2 | tar backup of /boot and / at La Silla prior to ULTRASPEC run |
05/08/2008 | DAT | Vik's office | UCAM2 | tar backup of /boot and / at WHT before pk leaves. Copy 1 of 2 |
05/08/2008 | DAT | Paul Kerry's office | UCAM2 | tar backup of /boot and / at WHT before pk leaves. Copy 2 of 2 |
13/05/2009 | DAT | Vik's office | UCAM3 | tar backup of /boot and / at Sheffield lab before shipping to NTT. Copy 1 of 2 |
13/05/2009 | DAT | Paul Kerry's office | UCAM3 | tar backup of /boot and / at Sheffield lab before shipping to NTT. Copy 2 of 2 |
13/05/2009 | HARD DISK | ULTRACAM:/ultracam_data/ucam3_backups/ucam3_2009_05_13 | UCAM3 | tar backup of top-level directories, made at Sheffield Lab before shipping to NTT |
14/05/2009 | HARD DISK | ULTRACAM:/ultracam_data/imedia1wht_rsync_debian_os | IMEDIA1-WHT | full initial rsync of new debian lenny operating system |
15/05/2009 | DAT | Vik's office | ULTRACAM | tar backups of /boot, / and /home. Copy 1 of 2 |
15/05/2009 | DAT | Paul Kerry's office | ULTRACAM | tar backups of /boot, / and /home. Copy 2 of 2 |
18/05/2009 | HARD DISK | ULTRACAM:/ultracam_data/ucam3_backups/ucam3_2009_05_18 | UCAM3 | tar backup of top-level directories, made at Sheffield Lab before shipping to NTT, including changes made since 13/05 |
18/05/2009 | DVD | Crate: Disks and tapes box | UCAM3 | Individual tar files. Copy 1 of 2 (1 disk) |
18/05/2009 | DVD | Vik's office | UCAM3 | Individual tar files. Copy 2 of 2 (1 disk) |
01/12/2009 | HARD DISK | ULTRACAM:/ultracam_data/ucam2_backups/ucam2_2009_12_01 | UCAM2 | tar backup of top-level directories, made at Sheffield Lab before shipping to WHT |
01/12/2009 | DVD | Crate: Disks and tapes box | UCAM2 | Individual tar files. Copy 1 of 2 (1 disk) |
01/12/2009 | DVD | Vik's office | UCAM2 | Individual tar files. Copy 2 of 2 (1 disk) |
30/03/2010 | USB3 | Vik's office | UCAM5 | rsync backup of everything on UCAM5 |
30/03/2010 | USB3 | Vik's office | IMEDIA1 | rsync backup of everything on IMEDIA1 |
30/03/2010 | USB3 | Vik's office | ULTRACAM | rsync backup of /home and /etc directories |
30/03/2010 | ULTRACAM:/home/backups | ULTRACAM | UCAM5 | rsync backup in Sheffield lab before shipping to NTT |
30/03/2010 | ULTRACAM:/home/backups | ULTRACAM | ULTRACAM | rsync backup in Sheffield lab before shipping to NTT |
30/03/2010 | ULTRACAM:/home/backups | ULTRACAM | IMEDIA1 | rsync backup in Sheffield lab before shipping to NTT |
25/07/2011 | hubble:/local/star/backup/imedia1/debian_5.0_lenny | Paul's office | imedia1 | imedia1 with debian 5.0 lenny o/s (used for P85-87 NTT run) |
25/07/2011 | hubble:/local/star/backup/imedia1/debian_6.0_squeeze | Paul's office | imedia1 | imedia1 with 6.0 squeeze o/s (used for 2011B WHT run) |
25/07/2011 | USB3 | Vik's office | ULTRACAM | rsync backup of /home/observer in Sheffield lab before shipping to WHT |
25/07/2011 | USB3 | Vik's office | UCAM4 | rsync backup (not including /data* directories) in Sheffield lab before shipping to WHT |
For ULTRACAM and ULTRASPEC, we have two identical rack PCs, known as UCAM4 and UCAM5 (which replaced the older rack PCs UCAM2 and UCAM3 in March 2010). They contain all of the ULTRACAM and ULTRASPEC system software. The idea is that if one fails whilst observing (which has happened in the past), a user needs simply to replace one with the other and everything should work without any other software/hardware changes.
In practice, of course, we continually make changes to the system software on the rack PC, and hence we need to regularly rsync the two PCs to keep them up to date with each other. The way we used to do this with the old rack PCs was to regularly rsync the PC currently in use onto /data4 in the SCSI disk array. When we decided to synchronise the two PCs, all we then had to do was to connect the other PC to the disk array and rsync it to /data4. This method, as opposed to the alternative of connecting the two PCs together and rsyncing them directly, had the advantage that we always had an up-to-date copy of the latest system on /data4. With the advent of UCAM4 and UCAM5 we kept the same system, but we decommissioned the SCSI disk array and replaced it with a hot-swappable 2TB SATA disk (known as /data1) for archiving data and a hot-swappable 500GB SATA disk for automatic rsyncing every day whilst observing.
In March 2010 we also commissioned a spare IMEDIA PC (known as IMEDIA2) and a spare (Viglen) data reduction PC (known as ULTRACAM2: from now on, I'll refer to the old (aluminium) ULTRACAM data reduction PC as ULTRACAM1). Confusingly, this means there are now three IMEDIA PCs: IMEDIA1-VLT, which is currently stored at the VLT, IMEDIA1-WHT (more commonly referred to as IMEDIA1 on this web page), which is the usual inhabitant of the electronics rack, and IMEDIA2 (the spare, an exact copy of IMEDIA1-WHT).
In 2012-2013, we upgraded ULTRASPEC for use on the 2.4m Thai National Telescope. This involved procuring a completely new rack and data reduction PC (and spares), as we now want to operate ULTRACAM and ULTRASPEC at the same time at different telescopes. The new ULTRASPEC rack PCs are called UCAM6 and UCAM7, and are more or less identical to UCAM4 and UCAM5. The new data reduction PCs are ULTRASPEC1 (aka DRPC3) and ULTRASPEC2 (aka DRPC4).
The table below lists which rack PC, data reduction PC and IMEDIA PC was being used for each ULTRACAM/ULTRASPEC observing run. Information on the HiPERCAM PCs in use will appear here shortly.
Instrument | Telescope | Dates | Rack PC |
ULTRASPEC | ESO 3.6m | 1-4 Dec 2006 | UCAM3, ULTRACAM, IMEDIA1 |
ULTRACAM | VLT | 8-23 June 2007 | UCAM2, ULTRACAM, IMEDIA1-VLT |
ULTRACAM | WHT | 16-28 Oct 2007 | UCAM2, ULTRACAM, IMEDIA1 |
ULTRACAM | WHT | 19-25 Nov 2007 | UCAM2, ULTRACAM, IMEDIA1 |
ULTRASPEC | ESO 3.6m | 27 Jan-Feb 12 2008 | UCAM2, ULTRACAM, IMEDIA1 |
ULTRACAM | WHT | 4-5 Aug 2008 | UCAM2, ULTRACAM, IMEDIA1 |
ULTRACAM | WHT | 6-11 Aug 2008 | UCAM3, ULTRACAM, IMEDIA1 |
ULTRACAM | WHT | 30 Dec-Jan 6 2009 | UCAM3, ULTRACAM, IMEDIA1 |
ULTRASPEC | NTT | 9-11 Jun 2009 | UCAM3, ULTRACAM, IMEDIA1 |
ULTRASPEC | NTT | 12-30 Jun 2009 | UCAM2, ULTRACAM, IMEDIA1 |
ULTRACAM | WHT | 5-7 Jan 2010 | UCAM2, ULTRACAM, IMEDIA1 |
ULTRACAM | NTT | 19 April-15 June 2010 | UCAM4, ULTRACAM2, IMEDIA1 |
ULTRACAM | NTT | 9 Nov 2010-18 Jan 2011 | UCAM4, ULTRACAM1, IMEDIA1 |
ULTRACAM | NTT | 21 Apr 2011-01 Jun 2011 | UCAM4, ULTRACAM1, IMEDIA1 |
ULTRACAM | WHT | 8 Aug 2011-5 Feb 2012 | UCAM4, ULTRACAM1, IMEDIA1 |
ULTRACAM | WHT | 24 Apr 2012-29 Apr 2012 | UCAM4, ULTRACAM1, IMEDIA1 |
ULTRACAM | WHT | 31 Aug 2012-16 Oct 2012 | UCAM4, ULTRACAM1, IMEDIA1 |
ULTRACAM | WHT | Apr/Jul 2013 | UCAM4, ULTRACAM1, IMEDIA1 |
ULTRACAM | WHT | Aug 2013 | UCAM4, ULTRACAM1, IMEDIA1 |
ULTRASPEC | TNT | Nov 2013 | UCAM6,ULTRASPEC1,- |
ULTRACAM | WHT | Dec 2013/Jan 2014 | UCAM4, ULTRACAM1, IMEDIA1 |
ULTRASPEC | TNT | Jan 2014 | UCAM6,ULTRASPEC1,- |
ULTRACAM | WHT | Mar 2014 | UCAM4, ULTRACAM1, IMEDIA2 |
ULTRASPEC | TNT | Mar 2014 | UCAM6,ULTRASPEC1,- |
ULTRACAM | WHT | Apr/May 2014 | UCAM4, ULTRACAM1, IMEDIA2 |
ULTRACAM | WHT | Sept 2015 | UCAM4, ULTRACAM1, IMEDIA2 |
ULTRACAM | NTT | Apr 2016 | UCAM4, ULTRACAM1, IMEDIA2 |
ULTRASPEC | TNT | Jan 2017 | UCAM7,ULTRASPEC1,- |
ULTRASPEC | TNT | Oct 2017 | UCAM7,ULTRASPEC2,- |
Note that the change UCAM2 -> UCAM3 in the middle of the August 2008 run was made to eliminate the SDSU-PCI card as the possible cause of the SDSU crashes we were experiencing. The change UCAM3 -> UCAM2 in June 2009 was due to the PSU failing in UCAM3. UCAM4 and UCAM5 replaced UCAM2 and UCAM3 in March 2010. The change IMEDIA1 -> IMEDIA2 in March 2014 was due to the disk crash we experienced; we had to buy a new motherboard for IMEDIA1, which is now acting as the spare.
The table below records when each PC was last rsynced/cloned and lists any changes made to the system which necessitated the rsync. The direction UCAM2 -> UCAM3, for example, means copying files from UCAM2 to UCAM3, so that UCAM3 is made identical to UCAM2. Information on the HiPERCAM rsyncs will appear here shortly.
Date | Direction | Changes |
06/06/2007 | UCAM3 -> UCAM2 | Done by hand to merge ULTRASPEC system on UCAM3 with enhanced (e.g. NBLUE) ULTRACAM system on UCAM2 |
26/09/2007 | IMEDIA1-VLT -> IMEDIA1-WHT | via a tar backup |
01/10/2007 | UCAM2 -> /data4/ucam2_rsync | first ever rsync with /data4 in Sheffield lab |
17/10/2007 | IMEDIA1-WHT -> /data4/imedia1wht_rsync | at WHT |
20/10/2007 | UCAM2 -> /data4/ucam2_rsync | at WHT 17:09 UT |
21/10/2007 | UCAM2 -> UCAM3 | at WHT 22:30 UT. Only /ultracam-0.91q, /root, /usr/local |
02/01/2008 | UCAM2 -> /data4/ucam2_rsync | in Sheffield lab. /root only |
03/01/2008 | UCAM2 -> UCAM3 | in Sheffield lab. /root only (no changes to /ultracam-0.91q or /usr/local) |
03/01/2008 | IMEDIA1-WHT -> /data4/imedia1wht_rsync | in Sheffield lab |
11/01/2008 | UCAM2 -> /data4/ucam2_rsync | at UKATC following installation of Derek's new ULTRASPEC routine and Andy's changes to the filesave and fileserver. /root and /ultracam_package_sources |
24/01/2008 | UCAM2 -> /data4/ucam2_rsync | at La Silla after unpacking (/ultracam-0.91q, /root and /ultracam_package_sources). |
25/01/2008 | UCAM2 -> UCAM3 | at La Silla after unpacking (/ultracam-0.91q, /root and /ultracam_package_sources). |
30/01/2008 | UCAM2 -> /data4/ucam2_rsync | at La Silla after Derek made minor code changes (/root, /ultracam-0.91q and /ultracam_package_sources) |
30/01/2008 | UCAM2 -> UCAM3 | at La Silla during run before pk leaves (/ultracam-0.91q, /root and /ultracam_package_sources) |
05/08/2008 | UCAM2 -> /data4/ucam2_rsync | at WHT during run before pk leaves (/ultracam-0.91q, /root and /ultracam_package_sources) |
05/08/2008 | UCAM2 -> UCAM3 | at WHT during run before pk leaves (/ultracam-0.91q, /root and /ultracam_package_sources) |
13/05/2009 | UCAM2 -> /data4/ucam2_rsync | in Sheffield lab before shipping to NTT. Complete rsync |
13/05/2009 | UCAM3 -> /data4/ucam3_rsync | in Sheffield lab before shipping to NTT. First ever rsync with /data4. Complete rsync |
18/05/2009 | UCAM3 -> UCAM2 | in Sheffield lab before shipping to NTT (/ultracam-0.91q and /root) |
18/05/2009 | UCAM3 -> /data4/ucam3_rsync | in Sheffield lab before shipping to NTT, including changes made since 13/05. Complete rsync |
19/05/2009 | UCAM3 -> /data4/ucam3_rsync | in Sheffield lab before shipping to NTT, including new FileServer |
10/06/2009 | UCAM3 -> /data4/ucam3_rsync | at La Silla during run (/ultracam-0.91q /etc /root) |
11/06/2009 | UCAM3 -> /data4/ucam3_rsync | at La Silla during run (/ultracam-0.91q - vsd alterations to dsp code for vertical clocking problem) |
02/12/2009 | UCAM2 -> /data4/ucam2_rsync | in Sheffield lab before shipping to WHT (/ultracam-0.91q, /root and /ultracam_package_sources) |
02/12/2009 | UCAM3 -> /data4/ucam3_rsync | in Sheffield lab before shipping to WHT (/ultracam-0.91q, /root and /ultracam_package_sources) |
02/12/2009 | UCAM2 -> UCAM3 | in Sheffield lab before shipping to WHT (/ultracam-0.91q, /root and /ultracam_package_sources) |
02/12/2009 | ULTRACAM -> /data4/drpc_home_vsd_backup | in Sheffield lab before shipping to WHT (/home/vsd only) |
30/03/2010 | UCAM5 -> UCAM4 | in Sheffield lab before shipping to NTT |
30/03/2010 | IMEDIA1 -> IMEDIA2 | in Sheffield lab before shipping to NTT |
30/03/2010 | ULTRACAM1 -> ULTRACAM2 | in Sheffield lab before shipping to NTT |
21/04/2010 | ULTRACAM2 -> ULTRACAM1 | at NTT after Paul had repaired ULTRACAM1 following its disk crash |
06/11/2010 | ULTRACAM2 -> ULTRACAM1 | in electronics workshop at La Silla prior to the NTT run |
08/11/2010 | ULTRACAM1 -> ULTRACAM2 | after upgrading all system and application software |
09/11/2010 | ULTRACAM1 -> ULTRACAM1 | rsync of disk1 to (clone) disk2 in the new removable disk bay. From now on, this will be done automatically every day at 14:00 UT |
10/11/2010 | UCAM4 -> UCAM4 | rsync of system disk to clone disk in the removable disk bay. From now on, this will be done automatically every day at 14:00 UT |
12/11/2010 | UCAM4 -> UCAM5 | rsync of system disks. |
12/11/2010 | IMEDIA1 -> IMEDIA2 | rsync of system disks. |
13/11/2010 | ULTRACAM1 -> ULTRACAM2 | rsynced end_of_night_tasks, firewall settings file, all of /home, python updates |
25/07/2011 | ULTRACAM1 -> ULTRACAM2 | rsync of /home |
18/04/2012 | ULTRACAM1 -> ULTRACAM2 | rsync of /home |
01/09/2012 | ULTRACAM1 -> ULTRACAM2 | rsync of /home, system software and application software |
25/03/2013 | ULTRASPEC1 -> ULTRASPEC2 | cloned /home, and updated ULTRASPEC2 software - now identical to ULTRASPEC1 |
27/03/2013 | ULTRASPEC1 -> ULTRASPEC1 | full clone of ULTRASPEC1 disk to the spare disk in ULTRASPEC1's hot-swappable bay. From now on, this will be done automatically every day at 14:00 UT |
27/03/2013 | UCAM6 -> UCAM6 | full clone of main hard (system) disk (so not including data disks) to the spare disk in UCAM6's hot-swappable bay. From now on, this will be done automatically every day at 14:00 UT |
27/03/2013 | UCAM6 -> UCAM7 | full clone of ucam6 disk to ucam7 disk, and made necessary changes to ucam7 disk so that it runs in ucam7 case |
30/05/2013 | UCAM6 -> pulsar:/ucam7/ucam6 | full rsync of the ucam6 rack pc to the ULTRACAM archive for easy file retrieval in an emergency |
30/05/2013 | ULTRASPEC1:/home -> pulsar:/ucam7/ultracamdrpc3/home | rsync of the ULTRASPEC data reduction PC (drpc3) home directories to the ULTRACAM archive for easy file retrieval in an emergency | tr>
30/05/2013 | UCAM6 -> UCAM7 | rsync of the files that have changed since the last full rsync (this does not include system stuff pertaining to the disk living inside the ucam7 housing) |
04/11/2013 | ULTRASPEC1 | upgraded master disk O/S to Debian 7 "Wheezy" amd64 (64-bit version) |
04/11/2013 | ULTRASPEC1 -> ULTRASPEC1 | full clone of master disk to clone disk |
04/11/2013 | ULTRASPEC1 -> ULTRASPEC2 | full clone from drpc3 (ULTRASPEC1) clone disk. adjustments made for drpc4 (ULTRASPEC2) hardware |
07/11/2013 | ULTRASPEC1 -> ULTRASPEC2 | rsync of /home and some minor system changes, including static network setup for TNT (performed at the TNT) |
09/11/2013 | ULTRASPEC1 -> ULTRASPEC2 | rsync of /home and new pipeline (performed at the TNT) |
09/11/2013 | UCAM6 -> UCAM7 | rsync of /root, /usr/local (includes python 2.7.5), /home and some minor system changes (performed at the TNT) |
30/06/2014 | ULTRACAM1 | upgraded master disk O/S to Debian 7 "Wheezy" (64-bit version), plus full initial clone using clonezilla from system hard disk to clone hard disk [cloning using cron is still running daily at 1400UT] |
01/07/2014 | ULTRACAM2 | cloned system hard disk from ULTRACAM1 system hard disk, plus modifications made for changes of hardware in ULTRACAM2 compared with ULTRACAM1. |
01/07/2014 | IMEDIA1 | new 60GB Kingston SSD drive installed with Debian 7 Wheezy (32bit). Limited bench testing seems ok, but not yet connected to rack to test peltier temperatures and slide operation. |
01/03/2016 | ULTRACAM1 -> ULTRACAM1 | Upgraded master disk O/S to Debian 8 "Jessie" (64-bit version). New clone disk also installed. Full clone of master disk to clone disk. This will be done automatically every day from 14:00 UT. |
01/03/2016 | IMEDIA2 | Upgraded O/S to Debian 8 "Jessie" (32-bit version). |
07/03/2016 | IMEDIA1 | New motherboard and RAM, and upgraded O/S to Debian 8 "Jessie" (32-bit version). |
08/03/2016 | ULTRACAM1 -> ULTRACAM2 | rsync of /home. |
17/03/2016 | ULTRACAM1 -> ULTRACAM2 | rsync of /home. |
18/03/2016 | UCAM4 -> UCAM5 | rsync of /usr/local and /home. |
22/03/2016 | UCAM4 -> UCAM5 | rsync of /usr/local and /home. |
22/03/2016 | ULTRACAM1 -> pulsar:/ucam7/ultracamdrpc1 | rsync of the silver ULTRACAM data reduction PC (ULTRACAM1) /etc and /home directories to the ULTRACAM archive for easy file retrieval in an emergency. |
22/03/2016 | UCAM4 -> pulsar:/ucam7/ucam4 | rsync of all directories on the ULTRACAM rack PC. |
22/03/2016 | IMEDIA2 -> pulsar:/ucam7/imedia2 | rsync of all directories on the ULTRACAM IMEDIA2 PC. |
20/04/2016 | ULTRACAM1 -> ULTRACAM2 | rsync of /home at the NTT - includes all changes made since shipping from Sheffield. |
13/01/2017 | ULTRASPEC2 (DRPC4) | Hot-swappable hard-disk enclosure installed, with new clone disk cloned from ULTRASPEC1 (DRPC3). |
09/05/2017 | ULTRACAM1 -> ULTRACAM1 | cloned system hard disk from ULTRACAM1 system hard disk. |
24/02/2019 | ULTRACAM1 | upgraded O/S to Debian 9 "Stretch" (64-bit version). |
28/02/2019 | ULTRACAM1 -> ULTRACAM2 | full clonezilla clone of ULTRACAM1 system disk to ULTRACAM2 system disk. Note that the ULTRACAM2 disk is stored in box in crates, not in ULTRACAM2. |
We now have hot-swappable bays installed in all of the ULTRACAM PCs. In this section we record details of the various disks in each of the bays.
During Spring 2024, we will be replacing the above ULTRACAM
DRPC and its spare. They will have the following disks:
Model Number: Samsung SSD 870 EVO 500GB Serial Number: S6PYNM0W951758J
Model Number: Samsung SSD 870 EVO 500GB Serial Number: S6PYNM0W951902T
Model Number: Samsung SSD 870 EVO 500GB Serial Number: S6PYNM0W951904W
Model Number: Samsung SSD 870 EVO 1TB Serial Number: S75CNX0WB28245N
Model Number: Samsung SSD 870 EVO 1TB Serial Number: S75CNX0WB31969M
Model Number: Samsung SSD 870 EVO 1TB Serial Number: S75CNX0WB31972X
We also have hot-swappable bays installed in the two ULTRASPEC data-reduction PCs:
We also have hot-swappable bays installed in the two HiPERCAM data-reduction PCs:
Below is a record of each HiPERCAM/ULTRACAM/ULTRASPEC run and where/how the copies of the data from each run are stored. Note that all of the "Media" are currently stored in the HiPERCAM/ULTRACAM/ULTRASPEC lab at Sheffield . "USB" refers to USB external hard disks. "/ucam" refers to the hard disk storage array located in Vik's office and "SAN" refers to Warwick's storage area network. "RACK" refers to the hard disk storage associated with the HiPERCAM/ULTRACAM/ULTRASPEC rack PCs.
Run | Media | Vik | Tom | RACK |
May 2002 WHT | DVD & DAT | /ucam1 | SAN | - |
Sep 2002 WHT | DVD & DAT | /ucam1 | SAN | - |
May 2003 WHT | DVD & DAT (only 06-08/06/2003) | /ucam1 | SAN | - |
Nov 2003 WHT | DVD | /ucam1 | SAN | - |
May 2004 WHT | DVD | /ucam1 | SAN | - |
Aug 2004 WHT | DVD | /ucam1 | SAN | - |
May 2005 VLT | DVD | /ucam1 | SAN | - |
May 2005 VLT | USB2: 21/05/2005 | /ucam1 | SAN | - |
Aug 2005 WHT | DVD: 09-15/08/2005 | /ucam1 | SAN | - |
Aug 2005 WHT | USB4: 15/08/2005 | /ucam1 | SAN | - |
Aug 2005 WHT | USB1: 15/08/2005 | /ucam1 | SAN | - |
Aug 2005 WHT | USB1: 25/08-01/09/2005 | /ucam1 | SAN | - |
Aug 2005 WHT | USB2: 09-14/08/2005 | /ucam1 | SAN | - |
Nov 2005 VLT | USB4 | /ucam2 | SAN | - |
Mar 2006 WHT | USB6 | /ucam2 | SAN | - |
Dec 2006 ESO 3.6m | USB5 | /ucam2 | SAN | - |
Jun 2007 VLT | USB7 | /ucam2 | SAN | - |
Oct 2007 WHT | USB9 | /ucam2 | SAN | - |
Nov 2007 WHT | USB8 | /ucam2 | SAN | - |
Jan 2008 ESO 3.6m | USB12 | /ucam2 | SAN | - |
Aug 2008 WHT | USB13 | /ucam2 | SAN | - |
Jan 2009 WHT | USB14 | /ucam2 | SAN | - |
Jun 2009 NTT | USB17 | /ucam3 | SAN | - |
Jan 2010 WHT | USB16 | /ucam3 | SAN | - |
Apr 2010 NTT | USB20: 19/04/2010-25/05/2010 | /ucam3 | SAN | - |
Apr 2010 NTT | USB21: 26/05/2010-15/06/2010 | /ucam3 | SAN | - |
Nov 2010 NTT | USB22 | /ucam4 | SAN | - |
Apr 2011 NTT | USB24 | /ucam4 | SAN | - |
Aug/Oct 2011 WHT | USB19: 14-27/08/2011, 29/10-03/11/2011 | /ucam5 | SAN | - |
Jan/Feb 2012 WHT | USB23 | /ucam5 | SAN | - |
Apr 2012 WHT | USB18: 24-29/04/2012 (& copy of 09/01-05/02/2012) | /ucam5 | SAN | - |
Aug/Oct 2012 WHT | USB26 | /ucam6 | SAN | - |
Apr/Jul 2013 WHT | USB25: 19-24/04/2013, 10-31/07/2013 | /ucam6 | SAN | - |
Aug/Dec 2013 WHT | USB32 | /ucam6 | SAN | - |
Nov 2013 TNT | USB30 | /ucam6 | SAN | - |
Jan 2014 TNT | USB30 | /ucam6 | SAN | - |
Mar 2014 WHT | USB27 | /ucam6 | SAN | - |
Mar 2014 TNT | USB30: + all NARIT+GTO data from Nov 2013 to Mar 2014 | /ucam6 | SAN | - |
Apr-May 2014 WHT | USB27 | /ucam7 | SAN | - |
Aug 2014 WHT | USB33 | /ucam7 | SAN | - |
Nov-Dec 2014 TNT | USB31: + all data since first light on 05/11/2013 | /ucam7 | SAN | - |
Jan 2015 WHT | USB33 | /ucam7 | SAN | - |
Jan-Mar 2015 TNT | USB34: + all NARIT+GTO data from Apr 2014 to May 2015 | /ucam7 | SAN | - |
May-Jun 2015 WHT | USB39: + Aug 2014 & Jan 2015 WHT | /ucam7 | SAN | - |
Sep 2015 WHT | USB40: + May-Jun 2015 WHT | /ucam7 | SAN | - |
Dec 2015-Mar 2016 TNT | USB35 | /ucam7 | SAN | - |
Apr 2016 NTT | USB41 | /ucam7 | SAN | - |
Jul 2016 NTT | USB41 | /ucam7 | SAN | - |
Aug 2016 NTT | USB41 | /ucam9 | SAN | - |
Nov 2016 NTT | USB47 | /ucam9 | SAN | - |
Dec 2016 NTT | USB47 | /ucam9 | SAN | - |
Jan-Feb 2017 TNT | USB35: + all NARIT+GTO data from Oct 2015 to Oct 2017 | /ucam9 | SAN | - |
Mar 2017 NTT | USB47 | /ucam9 | SAN | - |
May-June 2017 NTT | USB49 | /ucam9 | SAN | - |
Aug 2017 WHT | WD BLACK 2TB SATA DISK - contains HiPERCAM pre-commissioning data | /astronas1 | ? | - |
Oct 2017 NTT | USB50: + Jun 2017 NTT | /ucam9 | SAN | - |
Oct 2017 WHT | HiPERCAM_USB2 | /ucam10 | SAN | |
Nov 2017 NTT | USB50: + Jun 2017 NTT | /ucam9 | SAN | - |
Dec 2017 TNT | USB37: + all NARIT+GTO data from Nov 2017 to Feb 2018 | /ucam9 | SAN | - |
Jan 2018 NTT | USB48: + Nov/Dec 2016 NTT + Mar/May 2017 NTT | /ucam9 | SAN | - |
Jan-Feb 2018 TNT | USB37: + all NARIT+GTO data from Nov 2017 to Feb 2018 | /ucam9 | SAN | |
Feb 2018 GTC | HiPERCAM_USB3 | /ucam10 | SAN | |
Mar 2018 NTT | USB48: + Nov/Dec 2016 NTT + Mar/May 2017 NTT | /ucam9 | SAN | - |
Apr 2018 NTT | USB51: + Oct/Nov 2017 NTT + Jan/Mar 2018 NTT | /ucam9 | SAN | - |
Apr 2018 GTC | HiPERCAM_USB4 | /ucam10 | SAN | |
May 2018 GTC | HiPERCAM_USB4 | /ucam10 | SAN | |
May/June 2018 NTT | USB51: + Oct/Nov 2017 NTT + Jan/Mar 2018 NTT | /ucam9 | SAN | - |
Jun 2018 GTC | HiPERCAM_USB4 | /ucam10 | SAN | |
Oct 2018 GTC | HiPERCAM_USB5 | /ucam10 | SAN | |
Oct 2018 NTT | USB52: + Apr 2018 NTT + May/June 2018 NTT | /ucam9 | SAN | - |
Oct-Nov 2018 GTC | HiPERCAM_USB5 | /ucam10 | SAN | |
Nov 2018 NTT | USB52: + Apr 2018 NTT + May/June 2018 NTT | /ucam9 | SAN | - |
Nov 2018 GTC | HiPERCAM_USB5 | /ucam10 | SAN | |
Dec 2018 TNT | USB42: + all NARIT+GTO data from Nov 2017 to Feb 2019 | /ucam9 | - | |
Jan 2019 GTC | HiPERCAM_USB5 | /ucam10 | SAN | /data1 |
Feb 2019 TNT | USB42: + all NARIT+GTO data from Nov 2017 to Feb 2019 | /ucam9 | - | /data1 |
Feb/Mar 2019 NTT | USB52: + Apr 2018 NTT + May/June 2018 NTT | /ucam9 | SAN | - |
Mar 2019 NTT | USB52: + Apr 2018 NTT + May/June 2018 NTT | /ucam9 | SAN | - |
Apr 2019 NTT | USB52: + Apr 2018 NTT + May/June 2018 NTT | /ucam9 | SAN | - |
May 2019 NTT | USB52: + Apr 2018 NTT + May/June 2018 NTT | /ucam9 | SAN | - |
Jun 2019 GTC | HiPERCAM_USB5 | /ucam10 | SAN | /data1 |
Jul 2019 NTT | USB53 | /ucam9 | SAN | - |
Jul 2019 GTC | HiPERCAM_USB5 | /ucam10 | SAN | /data1 |
Aug 2019 GTC | HiPERCAM_USB5 | /ucam10 | SAN | /data1 |
Sep 2019 GTC | HiPERCAM_USB5 | /ucam10 | SAN | /data1 |
Sep 2019 NTT | USB53 | /astronas1 | SAN | - |
Nov/Dec 2019 NTT | USB54: + Sep 2019 NTT + Jan 2020 NTT + Feb/Mar 2020 NTT | /astronas1 | SAN | - |
Jan 2020 NTT | USB54: + Sep 2019 NTT + Nov/Dec 2019 NTT + Feb/Mar 2020 NTT | /astronas1 | SAN | - |
Feb/Mar 2020 NTT | USB54: + Sep 2019 NTT + Nov/Dec 2019 NTT + Jan 2020 NTT | /astronas1 | SAN | - |
Jan-Sep/Nov/Dec 2021 NTT | USB55: + Nov/Dec 2019 NTT + Jan-Mar 2020 | /astronas1 | SAN | - |
May 2021 GTC | HiPERCAM_USB6: + Oct/Nov 2018 + Jan-Sep 2019 | /astronas1 | SAN | /data1 |
Jun-Sep 2021 GTC | HiPERCAM_USB7: + May 2021 | /astronas1 | SAN | /data1 |
Mar-Apr 2022 NTT | USB56: + Jan-Sep/Nov/Dec 2021 NTT | /astronas1 | SAN | - |
Feb 2018-May 2023 TNT | ULTRACAM_USB43: all NARIT+GTO data from this period | /astronas1 | SAN | - |
Mar 2022-Mar 2023 NTT | USB57: + Mar-Dec 2022 + Mar 2023 | /astronas1 | ? | - |
Apr-Jun/Aug-Sep/Dec 2022 NTT | USB58: + Mar-Apr/Sep 2023 NTT | /astronas1 | SAN | - |
Mar-Apr/Sep 2023 NTT | USB58: + Apr-Jun/Aug-Sep/Dec 2022 NTT | /astronas1 | SAN | - |
Feb 2019-Feb 2024 TNT | ULTRACAM_USB44: all NARIT+GTO data from this period | /astronas1 | ? | - |
May-Aug 2023 GTC | HiPERCAM_USB8: + Jun-Sep 2021 | /astronas1 | SAN | /data1 |
Oct 2023/Feb-Jul 2024 NTT | USB59: + Mar-Sep 2023 NTT | /astronas1 | SAN | - |
Info on other disks: