The Open Computing Facility for the University of California at Berkeley

I. Agenda

 I. Reports
      A. General Manger's Report
      B. Site Manager's Report
      C. Help Session's Report

 II. Old Business
      A. Drive Repair and Data Recovery
      B. Un-interruptible Power Supply

 III. New Business
      A. Open Discussion

II. Attendance

Name: Login: Bod: John W. Percival percival yes Richard Dunn dunnthat yes David Walthall land yes Elaine Chao chaos yes George Gong gong yes Michael Constant mconst yes Alan Coopersmith alanc yes Jennifer Snider jenni yes Rune Stromsness runes yes Sky Nelson skyn no Kenneth Nishimoto kennish yes Jennifer Wray deery yes Andrew Swan aswan no

III. Minutes

 A Board of Directors meeting for the Open Computing Facility at the

University of California, Berkeley was called to order at 6:42, October 2, 1996 in 51 Evans Hall. The General Manager, Alan Coopersmith (alanc@ocf), was in chair, and the Secretary was present. The General Manager reported that he is continuing his research into the replacement of the damaged drives, as well as the warranty and data recovery options available to the Board. The Site Manager reported that the last backup of the OCF's files was made on August 13. The tapes have yet to be recovered, as the OCF is locked out of the UCSEE library. The Site Manager stated that Kenji is researching the possibility of replacing the circuit boards on the drives, however, Kenji is still waiting upon a response from Quantum. The damaged drives are covered by warranty, and the old ones will be sent out as soon as the original packaging is recovered from the UCSEE library. The Site Manager also reported that APS has a deal with the data recovery company Drive Savers. Drive Savers will charge the OCF only $200 to inspect the drives, along with a ten percent discount. Drive Savers will take the old data and put it on the new drives. The Site Manager was pleased to report that there were no equipment failures. However, war.berkeley.edu resources are being heavily taxed holding user's mail. Due to the unknown ratio of forwarded to actually read mail, it is easier to have war.berkeley.edu hold the mail in que until the home directories come back online. The next Help Session is set for next Tuesday, October 8; the topic will be an introduction to UNIX. Fliers will be drawn and posted before the next session. During Old Business, the Board discussed its options for handling the loss of the three disk drives connected to apocalypse.berkeley.edu. The General Manager motioned for the Board to: "pool the users on whether they want the OCF to spend the majority of the '96-'97 budget on data recovery or to have the money spent on upgrades to the OCF, and also, to temporarily restore user's home directories from the tape backups onto death.berkeley.edu." The motioned passed with nine in favor, one opposed, and no one abstaining. The Board then moved to a discussion concerning purchasing UPS for the main servers. After an animated discussion, the Board tabled the discussion until the next Board meeting. The meeting was brought to a close by the General Manager at 7:32 pm. The Board will hold another Board meeting at 6:30 October 9, 1996, in 51 Evans Hall.

John W. Percival percival@ocf.berkeley.edu Secretary, OCF Board of Directors