Computing Facilities For Visiting Astronomers
Summary

Computer Accounts

In your Visitor's Pack you will have received the details for one computer account in the name of the Nominated Observer.  Additional accounts may be obtained by completing this form http://www.ing.iac.es/~cfg/pub_notes/request.php.  If you are not scheduled to observer, please do not use the observing system computer accounts.

Computers

If you are not scheduled to observe, please do not use the observing system computers.  The following machines are available for all users as general compute servers:

CD Writers

Host OS Location
scorpio Solaris 8 WHT Terminal Room
mensa Solaris 8 INT Control Room
opspc1 Windows 2000 Ops Room (INT)
opspc2 Windows 2000 Ops Room (INT)

Disk Space

Please do not write nor delete files from the observing system disks.  These disk are:

jkt - /obsdata/jkt[a-b]
int - /obsdata/int[a-g]
wht - /obsdata/wht[a-g]

The following scratch areas are available
name location Size Usage
/scratch/fs1a Roque 10 GB  for general use
/scratch/inta INT 13 GB  for INT Observer's use
/scratch/intb INT 8 GB  for INT Observer's use
/scratch/jkta JKT 8 GB  for JKT Observer's use
/scratch/whta WHT 99 GB  for WHT Observer's use
/scratch/whtb WHT 2 GB  for WHT Observer's use
/scratch/whtc WHT  16 GB  for WHT Observer's use

IP Numbers

Dedicated IP numbers are provided for all three telescopes.  These numbers should only be used during your observing run.

WHT : 161.72.36.164/24 to 161.72.36.166/24 (inclusive)
INT : 161.72.36.167/24 to 161.72.36.171/24 (inclusive)
JKT : 161.72.36.172 /24 to 161.72.36.173/24 (inclusive)

For more information on the allocation of IP numbers, please see http://www.ing.iac.es/~cfg/network/public/tempip.html.

Printers

 

Site Location Sun Queue NT Queue
ORM / JKT Control Room jkt_laser \\ormprinters\hpjkt
ORM / INT Control Room int_laser \\ormprinters\hpint
ORM / INT Mechanical Office (1st Floor) hpint1 \\ormprinters\hpint1
ORM / WHT Terminal Room wht_laser \\ormprinters\hpwht

Tape Drives

The following tape devices are available for general use.
  
Host Machine/Alias Device  Name Device Type Capacity
lpss8 (intdr) /dev/rmt/0
/dev/rmt/1
4mm DAT DDS3 12Gb/24Gb
lpss10 (jktdr) /dev/rmt/0 4mm DAT DDS3 12Gb/24Gb
lupus (whtdr) /dev/rmt/0 4mm DAT DDS3 12Gb/24Gb
auriga (cs2) /dev/rmt/0
/dev/rmt/1
4mm DAT DDS3 12Gb/24Gb


A complete version of these notes are available at  http://www.ing.iac.es/~cfg/visitors.html.

 


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Last Updated: 9th January 2002
By: Don Carlos Abrams