| ITC-ResComp Tasks & Projects To Do: Last Updated 6/30/98 |
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| Project | Owner/Date | Comments |
| 1. Unix Cluster | Hamp/Dee | Do some sizing. Small Solaris cluster and add AIX nodes? Make announcement when adding new nodes to cluster Insure that all software is mounted on all the new nodes when they're added? |
| 2. Non-IBM Research Computing Engines (both Sun and SGI) | Hamp | Proposal for next fiscal year. A cluster for researchers, i.e., not "entitlement" users. Research cluster - not blue or orange cluster. A kind of extenstion to SP. Not SP nodes - but would run LoadLeveler. Run GCG - visual piece - need interactive use greater than allowed with SP. Maybe poll users on how they might use Solaris cluster. Software on only one platform, e.g., ANSYS on AIX versus take to Solaris. Move Khoros to Solaris? Other savings or costs? |
| 3. Home Directory Project | Hamp/Dee | Load testing? |
| 4. Archive (hardware and software). | Hamp/Tim T. Tim T. |
Archive ADSM is 3.1 (not 3.0). SP can see it now. Transfer will be user by user. Target date: Fall, 1998 Coordinate archive (ADSM) group. Contact each user and say we will move you-can't use archive during transfer. |
| 5. "Research News" | Tim T. | Plan for a late summer "edition" |
| 6. Software Installations and Updates | Tim T. Tom Dawn |
Still working on GCG migration; rest of users will migrate in October during next license renewal. GIS/ESRI-Wally contacting ESRI users statewide to form panel discussion for Sept. '98 GIS meeting to discuss feasibility & implementation of statewide license |
| 7. NPACI (National Partnership for Advanced Computational Infrastructure) and SUR Grant | Tim S. Tom |
Legion still has a "few" bugs. |
| 8. SP | Tom Chris |
Will get back on checkpoint issue. Will survey/monitor class usage and see how accurately classes are being used. |
| 9. ITC Research Advisory Committee | Tim S. | Send Research Strategic Project/Plan to committee by email. |
| 10. Department Outreach | Tim T. |
TAS talked to MRS (2/98) - can tread lightly but share credit. He's not sure they see us as equal partners. |
| 11. Y2K Issues | Jim | We have Y2K plan for unix - it's under control. UVA Year 2000 Task Force Jeff Sponaugle chairing research issues |
| 12. Process Simplication | Tom | (2/98)Research oriented piece of Process Simpl. OSP "G.A.M.S." $.25 million package that tracks grant $, positions, etc. Not really research computing support, but sort of. Melvin Mallory is ITC person on this task force. |
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by Tim F.J. Tolson