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<DIV><SPAN class=672203014-25062002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Hey,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=672203014-25062002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Just
wanted to drop in this conversation again to remind everyone that the term "AG
Node" has a clear meaning, we're trying to keep that reserved to be what's
described in the AG Minimum Node Requirements doc (available at your nearest
AGDP - <A
href="http://www.accessgrid.org/agdp/">http://www.accessgrid.org/agdp/</A>
). Please try to keep this in mind when talking about machines and specs,
it'll make everything more clear as time goes on.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=672203014-25062002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>In
order to keep this distinction we have been pushing ahead on a smaller client,
we've named PIG (PIG, you say!?) [ Personal Interface to the Grid]. We're
shooting for releasing an installable binary by the end of the week (we actually
have that ready now, but we want to make source available at the same
time). Stay on the Edge of your seats, we're entering warp speed
now!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=672203014-25062002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>--Ivan</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
owner-ag-tech@mcs.anl.gov [mailto:owner-ag-tech@mcs.anl.gov] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>Nolan, Kevin [NCSUS]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, June 25, 2002 9:06
AM<BR><B>To:</B> 'Gurcharan.S.Khanna@Dartmouth.EDU'; jcj@acl.lanl.gov;
ag-tech@mcs.anl.gov<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [AG-TECH] Single Machine
Node<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<P><FONT size=2>These are interesting Spec's. In our research we found
that a dual-boot machine with Windows and Linux was bad - eventually the
builds and drives would fail. In addition we have not gotten a single
version of VIC to stay functional for more then an hour with dual
processors. Have you worked around this? What version of
VIC? </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>From:
Gurcharan.S.Khanna@Dartmouth.EDU [<A
href="mailto:Gurcharan.S.Khanna@Dartmouth.EDU">mailto:Gurcharan.S.Khanna@Dartmouth.EDU</A>]
</FONT><BR><FONT size=2>Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 3:05 AM</FONT> <BR><FONT
size=2>To: jcj@acl.lanl.gov; ag-tech@mcs.anl.gov</FONT> <BR><FONT
size=2>Subject: Re: [AG-TECH] Single Machine Node</FONT> </P><BR>
<P><FONT size=2>hi Josh,</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>you can view our current configuration of a single box windows
AG Node at <A href="http://research.dartmouth.edu/collab/accessgrid/"
target=_blank>http://research.dartmouth.edu/collab/accessgrid/</A>.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>while we have operated quite a few variations of this
configuration, and we continue to experiment with different elements of it, we
have been very stable with this particular configuration for many months
now.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>note: this box is dual bootable as a linux box but we default
to windows both for enabling native powerpoint and because it seemed to have
better display performance under windows.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>fyi,</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>-gurcharan</FONT> <BR><FONT
size=2>===========================</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Gurcharan S.
Khanna</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Associate Director</FONT> <BR><FONT
size=2>Research Computing</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Dartmouth College</FONT>
<BR><FONT size=2>gkhanna@dartmouth.edu</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>office:
603-646-1644</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2><A href="http://research.dartmouth.edu/"
target=_blank>http://research.dartmouth.edu/</A></FONT> <BR><FONT size=2><A
href="http://www.dartmouth.edu/~rc"
target=_blank>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~rc</A></FONT> <BR><FONT size=2><A
href="http://www.dartmouth.edu/~gkhanna"
target=_blank>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~gkhanna</A></FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>--- Joshua Jenks wrote:</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>I was
wondering if anybody had any specs on a single machine AG node. We have
a very rough setup now, but Cindy told me that someone was working on specs or
a tutorial for one. Thanks for any help.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>Josh</FONT> </P><BR><BR><BR>
<P><FONT size=2>Joshua Jenks</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>------------</FONT>
<BR><FONT size=2>Undergraduate Researcher</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Los Alamos
National Laboratory</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Advanced Computing
Laboratory</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>CCS-1</FONT> <BR><FONT
size=2>jcj@lanl.gov</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Purdue University</FONT> <BR><FONT
size=2>Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security
jenksjc@purdue.edu</FONT> </P>
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