| ITC-ResComp Tasks & Projects To Do: NOT YET Updated for 12/21/98 |
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| Project | Owner/Date | Comments |
| 1. Unix Cluster | Hamp/Dee
Jim/Ed Ed/Hamp |
4 nodes left to migrate:hobbes, palladio, curry by Feb.;
avery in March.
Will gather feedback on avery migration from users once have them
on NetApp. Orange cluster, open to all, intended for > 1hr CPU jobs; purpose & users similar to Unix lab: faculty, grads, undergrads with faculty sponsor. Ed looking a "loadleveler" like product: CLUSTOR Discussed along with MHPCC (Maui) Scheduler Probably should stick with LoadLeveler; work on getting Web frontend to it available. |
| 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. Not SP nodes - but would run LoadLeveler. Run GCG - visual piece - need interactive use greater than allowed with SP. 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 | enabling all faculty accounts that on blue.unix for home directory
will roll out to all faculty and staff next. Hamp notifying users. |
| 4. Archive (hardware and software). | Hamp/Tim T.
Tim T. |
Archive ADSM is 3.1 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 fall "edition" |
| 6. Software Installations and Updates | 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 Tim S. |
Will get back on checkpoint issue. Will survey/monitor class usage and see how accurately classes are being used. Upgrading Switch or turning off? Can we run mixed switch? Run 2 SPs, one parallel, one serial? Increase size of parallel pool to 8 nodes? |
| 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