Agenda for the ITC-Research Computing Management Meeting
October 30, 2006 at 10:30AM
2015 Ivy Road, 2nd Floor Conference Room

Members: Alice, Hamp, Jim, Joe S., Mark, Robin, Terry, Tim S., Tom S., Tim T.
Chair: Tim T.
Recorder: Alice Howard

I. Corrections to minutes from last meeting on September 25, 2006?

II. Old Business:

• Condo-Cluster 2, aka dogwood-
  • Update on configuration and rollout, per Jim's email of September 17.
  • Any word from Mitch or SEAS faculty that wanted nodes or Infiniband cluster? (Jim)
  • Steven de Wakker (EnvSci faculty) is here, still interested, ETF funds for this year. (Tim T.)
  • HS faculty may purchase 8-16 of existing nodees when s/he gets here. (Tom)
  • Network switch problem.
  • Other issues/concerns?
• Cedar Cluster:
  • Avaki gateway setup-New software version released yet?
  • 64 bit test cluster is up; Katherine working with Bill on it.
  • Other issues/concerns?
• Aspen & Birch Clusters:
  • Aspen retired week of October 16.
  • Other issues/concerns?
• Oak Cluster: Did "round-robin" logon get enabled? (TimT will check with Chip)
• Teal Cluster: Any issues or concerns?
  • Do we need to set a "retirement" date for this equipment?
• Andrew Grimshaw's request for Linux front-end to campus grid project – still waiting on next version of Avaki.
  • Are all clusters now running Marty Humphrey's GLOBUS gatekeeper client that does direct file transfers?
• Proposal for Linux cluster support as 'for-fee' service. Hamp done a table of cost for supporting cluster at http://www.itc.virginia.edu/unixsys/support.html#hpcc
• Any update on conversion to authenticate to Eservices via Kerberos for Unix logins/connections to blue.unix, HSM & Longtmp? (AKA Phase 2 of Netbadge CDP).
  • This transition will involve a major user education issue – especially for blue.unix users.
  • No timeline for this project yet – it has to wait until after the password synchronization web site is up.
  • ftp to blue.unix is being phased out, ITC-Service Transitions CDP working on schedule.
• Mitch Rosen's IT - Infrastructure Supporting Research Task Force (https://www1.seas.virginia.edu/itrtf/). (Maillist is itrtf@virginia.edu) Final Draft is circulating for input. Katherine is doing the final editing. Ed did most of appendices that detail comparisons to other institutions.
  • CI-TEAM NSF proposal funded. Course has a time and course number (CS494 Computational Mathematics).
  • UVa's participation in ORNL's response to NSF RFP for next generation/iteration of Supercomputing Centers:
• “Priority “ access for participants in condo clusters: Katherine's proposal for PBS "Service Units"(PBS Service Units Proposal)
  • Discussed other alternatives. Need more information
• Update on longtmp and HSM upgrades?

III. New Business:

• Is it time to de-commission the "itc-rescomp" mail list?
• Any Items?

IV. Adjourn by Noon and next meeting

• Next Scheduled Meeting of ITC ResComp Management team: Monday, November 27th, 10:30 AM in ITC-2015 Ivy Road, Room #220
  
  Please send suggestions, additions, corrections to: Tim Tolson or Alice Howard
  

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