[AG-TECH] AGSchedule Support

[Brian Corrie]

Hello all,

I have also sent an email of support for AGSchedule directly to Michael. 
I agree that AGSchedule is very important to this community!!!

Cheers,

Brian


Alex Favata wrote:
> Ditto from TACC, it's The HEART of AG scheduling. I have it as my
> homepage and it's the first thing I look at each day.
> 
> Alex Favata - Operations Supervisor
> Texas Advanced Computing Center
> The University of Texas at Austin
> http://www.tacc.utexas.edu
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov [mailto:owner-ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov] On
> Behalf Of Tom Coffin
> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 1:52 PM
> To: John I. Quebedeaux, Jr; Michael Miller; ag-tech;
> ag-user at mcs.anl.gov; ag-dev at mcs.anl.gov; agschedule at ncsa.uiuc.edu
> Subject: Re: [AG-TECH] AGSchedule Support
> 
> 
> I concur with John.
> 
> The AGScheduler is a very important component and resource to the
> AccessGrid (AG) community.
> 
>  From my own perspective as an AG node operator
> I rely heavily on the AGScheduler for just about every AG event
> I am involved in. It's an invaluable cybercommunity coordination tool.
> 
> Feel free to use my comments, share with NCSA Administration officials
> and/or
> included as support for grant proposals.
> 
> 
> ____________________________________________________
> At 02:00 PM 9/20/2007, John I. Quebedeaux, Jr wrote:
>> Michael,
>>
>> The "Louisiana Access Grid Network" utilizes the AGScheduler
> exclusively for
>> keeping track of all the Access Grid events it hosts - while utilizing
> our
>> own Louisiana Venue Server to run the meetings. As you know, we have
> our
>> venue server listed on the site for registration purposes with 6
> venues.
>> They've been successful and the booking capability in the AGScheduler
> makes
>> it possible to easily book and maintain these reservations and
> sessions.
>> We're currently (but not all registered, some are multiple nodes per
> site)
>> up to ~18 Access Grid nodes within our state that are operational with
> some
>> more coming on line in the near future that makes use of this. When we
>> conduct meetings with external sites, we sometimes utilize the NCSA
> Venue
>> Server and bridge as needed, particularly since it's so well known in
> the
>> global community and for some sites the firewall security restrictions
> make
>> it such they've chosen the NCSA venue addresses as those they'll
> accept.
>> Even VRVS.ORG, etc. is setup with NCSA venues. What I'm trying to say
> is
>> currently, the AGScheduler (and the venue server) is providing a vital
>> service to the "Access Grid" community here in my state as well as
>> worldwide.
>>
>> Currently, I require new Louisiana Access Grid nodes to register to the
>> AGScheduler so that we maintain consistency for reservations and track
> our
>> usage with the statistics the scheduler provides.
>>
>> So, the resource is invaluable at the moment and would be sorely missed
> for
>> the ability to point everyone joining a meeting to it for reference for
> when
>> and where the meeting is to be held for the lack of any other central
>> calendar facility (at least on this side of the pond). Frankly, I'm not
> sure
>> what we would do if we lost it in the near term - it seems to be a
> central
>> resource for the Access Grid community as a whole.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> John Q.
>> --
>> John I. Quebedeaux, Jr.; Louisiana State University
>> Computer Manager LBRN; 131 Life Sciences Bldg.
>> e-mail: johnq at lsu.edu; web: http://lbrn.lsu.edu
>> phone: 225-578-0062 / fax: 225-578-2597
>>
>>> From: Michael Miller <mimiller at ncsa.uiuc.edu>
>>> Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:07:02 -0500
>>> To: ag-tech <ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov>, <ag-user at mcs.anl.gov>, 
>> <ag-dev at mcs.anl.gov>
>>> Subject: [AG-TECH] AGSchedule Support
>>>
>>> NCSA is currently evaluating its support for AGSchedule.  We are
>>> requesting input from the AG Community both techs and users as to
> the
>>> value of AGSchedule, its potential if continued and impact if no
>>> longer available.  Also, we would like to know if other scheduling
>>> systems are currently in use within the AG Community or other
>>> collaborative communities.  Please send your comments to the
>>> AGSchedule Administrator: agschedule at ncsa.uiuc.edu.  Please include
> a
>>> statement as to whether your comments may be shared with NCSA
>>> Administration officials and/or included as support for grant
>>> proposals.  Your comments are greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>>
>>> Michael Miller
>>> AGSchedule Administrator
>>> NCSA
>>>
> 
> 
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