Post date:
Thursday, March 28, 2013 - 11:43
Description of Service Change:
The "file update" feature in all CASTOR instances will be suppressed as of 8th of April (already done in the PUBLIC instance on the 25th March). The files will therefore be immutable.
An update of a file will generate a new file in the system.
Reason for this change:
File update feature is barely used, statistics show one in a million cases. Dropping this possibility simplifies the storage behavior and improve consistency inside CASTOR.
The closure of updates starts in CASTORPUBLIC and will be extended across all CASTOR instances.
Also taking profit of the intervention slot for providing full load balanced aliases in CASTOR - change should be transparent as well.
Service Element Affected:
Storage Service for Projects & Experiments
Effective from:
Monday, April 8, 2013 - 11:00
Posted by:
IT-DSS
Unit responsible for resolution:
IT Department