itaps-parallel Mesh machine turning off this wed

[Lori A. Diachin]

Hi All,

I had always thought that the mesh machine was going to stay at Wisconsin, 
and we would be remotely logging in - I didn't know the plan was to take it 
to SC.  I share Karen's and others' concerns that we have access to the 
machine itself for testing for the hands on.  Based on my experience with 
the ANL booth, we will not have access to the machine until Saturday at the 
earliest, and maybe not until Sunday.  This will be too late for effective 
testing as many of us are traveling on Saturday and the tutorial is on 
Sunday.  Is it too late to keep the mesh machine at Wisconsin as our 
primary tutorial machine and replicate the source on a second, back up 
machine, that travels to SC in case the network is not stable on Sunday for 
remote log ins?   I think the back up machine that travels, will 
necessarily have fewer (probably simpler) examples..

Lori


At 02:24 PM 10/28/2008, Devine, Karen D wrote:
>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
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> > --
> > ================================================================
> > "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
> >
> >
> >