itaps-parallel Mesh machine turning off this wed

[Tim Tautges]

I'm considering having Jason make his machine available for itaps people 
for testing/development and taking the mesh machine down to SC.  Does 
anyone (Lori?) know how many tutorial attendees we may have?  Depending 
on the number, we could fit them on a single machine.

The issue of damage to the machine shouldn't be significant, ANL is 
sending a truck down, and I'm guessing there's a lot more important 
equipment in there that they're counting on making it down there.

- tim

Devine, Karen D wrote:
> Tim:
> 
> Based on the responses from the people developing examples, taking the mesh
> machine away would be detrimental to our ability to have good examples for
> SC08.  Ting is working hard to perfect her iMeshP implementation, as we
> exercise features and uncover issues.  Vitus and I are updating our examples
> as the FMDB implementation matures.  Ryan needs time to port and test his
> examples.  We also need time for the guinea pigs to walk through the
> examples on the machine, to ensure that they really work and make sense.
> And we still need ParaView to be installed on the machine (can one of your
> sysadmins do that for us?).
> 
> In short, we need a Plan B.  Using remote log-ins from SC08 to Wisconsin is
> the best plan I can think of.  This plan allows us to continue working on
> the implementations and examples, removes the risk of damage to the machine
> during transit, and eliminates the need for you to set up the machine on
> SC's network on, presumably, Saturday.  It does have drawbacks, with slower
> connection speeds and the need for a Wisconsin person to be on call for
> reboots.
> 
> What ideas do you have?
> 
> Thanks.
> Karen
> 
> 
> 
> On 10/27/08 12:15 PM, "Tim Tautges" <tautges at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
> 
>> Hi all,
>>    I'll be turning off the mesh machine this Wed and taking it down to
>> ANL for shipment to SC.  So, all software should be on that machine by
>> then.  The machine has a cd drive and usb, so you can also bring it for
>> installation at SC, but no guarantees things will work well that way.
>>
>> - tim
>>
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>> "You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is
>>    steadfast, because he trusts in you."               Isaiah 26:3
>>
>>               Tim Tautges            Argonne National Laboratory
>>           (tautges at mcs.anl.gov)      (telecommuting from UW-Madison)
>>           phone: (608) 263-8485      1500 Engineering Dr.
>>             fax: (608) 263-4499      Madison, WI 53706
>>
>>
>>
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"You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is
   steadfast, because he trusts in you."               Isaiah 26:3

              Tim Tautges            Argonne National Laboratory
          (tautges at mcs.anl.gov)      (telecommuting from UW-Madison)
          phone: (608) 263-8485      1500 Engineering Dr.
            fax: (608) 263-4499      Madison, WI 53706