History of NGAS:
-April 2001: Project
started.
-Mid June 2001:
First operational prototype.
-June 2001: Review
+ approval of design/concept.
-Beginning July 2001: Installation/commissioning at La
Silla (2.2m/WFI).
-Mid July 2001:
Entered operation at La Silla.
-August 2001:
Started operation of Garching NGAS Cluster.
-February 2001:
Upgrade from Suse to RedHat Linux.
-August 2003:
Installation/commissioning at Paranal (VLTI).
-January 2004: Installation of second archive
system for 3.6m/LS.
-March 2004: First
integration of NGAS on new HW (SATA).
-September 2004: First tests using NGAS together
with RAID5 Arrays.
-September 2004:
Archiving of HARPS pipeline products.
-December 2004:
Archiving of WFCAM frames from Cambridge/UK.