Welcome

BAILnas is a Network Attached Storage(NAS) server provided by UW BAIL(Biophotonics And Imaging Lab).

• Please make sure to read Rules of Use and Disclaimer(below) before using the server.

Introduction

BAILnas is an Enterprise-grade NAS. It has the following features:

• Large, scalable storage:
  • 24 * 10TB redundant disk array, 178 TB usable disk space.
  • 16 * 8TB individually addressed archival hard-drives.
  • Expandable in forms of server cluster.
• Redundancy protection:
  • NAS data is protected by RAIDZ1 redundant disk array.
  • Current configurations allows up to 3 out of 24 drives to fail without any data loss.
  • Server has redundant power supply and generator-backed UPS to gurantee 24x7x365 operations
  • In case of hard-disk/power failure, the server will continue to function in a degraded state interuptions.
• Data recovery:
  • All data in the NAS folder is backed-up by snapshots every 6 hours during working hours.
  • In case of mannual errors such as unintended deletes, any folder can be rollded back to any snapshots within the past two weeks.
  • Snapshot roll-backs are available upon request. Please contact system admin.
• High-speed input/output (i/o):
  • BAILnas is connected to UW network with 10GBps ethernet. Typical sequential data read/write speed from a lab/office PC (1Gbps ethernet) should be approximately 100MB/s.
  • 10GBps bandwidth minimizes i/o conflicts from multiple users. Feel free to process/review data on N drive and T drive.

Disclaimer

Although the chance of catastrophic server failure is very faint, BAILnas is provided to you with no warranty. UW/BAIL has no responsibility for any data loss. Make MULTIPLE backups to your most critical data!!!

Contact

For more information or requests email Shaozhen Song.