itaps-parallel Mesh machine turning off this wed

[Devine, Karen D]

Hi, Tim.  Thanks for your reply.  One concern is that we do final testing of
the examples on the machine that we will actually use in the tutorial.  I
did not realize Argonne was taking a truck to SC!  Will they have the mesh
machine set up on a network during the workweek before SC so that we can
re-run our final tests there?  We will look bad if we have to troubleshoot
problems (paths, installations, incompatibilities, etc.) during the
tutorial.

Karen

On 10/28/08 12:36 PM, "Tim Tautges" <tautges at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:

> 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
>>>
>>> --
>>> ================================================================
>>> "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
>
>
>