Hi Brian,
>We are now closing the dCache Tape endpoint of dCache at RAL. No Users
>have come forward and asked for any files from tape. We will be
>permanently deleting the files from the tapes at the end of
>September. From this point on it will be impossible for these files to
>be recovered. Any urgent ( and all request will be urgent) for any
>files which have a SURL that starts
>srm://dcache-tape.gridpp.rl.ac.uk:/ must be made urgently. Regards
Can I make sure I understand this, are we talking about the dCache
service on RAL Tier 1 and not RAL Tier 2? If Tier 1 then I was under
the impression that this service will remain in place until the end of
the year along with the disk service. We (MINOS) do have data there
which must not be deleted. We have still to get a reliable CASTOR
service, although it has been fine for the last 3 days, and we need
that before we can migrate off dCache.
Cheers,
Nick West
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