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Eldore Eldor must find a physical new home by Feb. 1st. Priority is Liang's project, which in the short term is not likely to required EldoreEldor. |
Project lead: Oliver <oh10>
Team: Zhichun Liang, Peter Borbat, and Lulu Zhu.
Goal
Run humongous jobs, and run them hundreds of times. Expect that having own equipment is most cost-effective, but reality-check against other options such as CAC's RedCloud service (not mutually exclusive).
Strategy: 2-part
Get Liang set-up with CAC's services (RedCloud?) so he can create the software and test it. And pay per drink at that smaller scale.
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Identify a sustainable home for Eldore, longer-term
Resources
http://www.cac.cornell.edu/services/projects.aspx
http://www.cac.cornell.edu/Services/rates/
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Oliver's meeting notes, 11/28/12's mtg
Barry: Need to reinstall OS (since depends on AFS and CCMR's infrastructure).
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Oliver's understanding from discussion: Everyone else doesn't need the horsepower of an modern Eldore-class system. They can use CAC, with 32-bit (Skeeve-compatible) or 64-bit.
Decision at meeting:
Consider using CAC if it's a technical "fit", and pay per drink. Get estimate before committing. In the short-term, do this since need VERY high memory. BUT, note that doing this in productions likely not cost-effective compared to investing in own hardware.
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Past email threads, pre-meeting
Barry, 11/20/12, 2:34 PM
Eldor will need to be reinstalled. Our installation is tied to AFS and our infrastructure. Going to windows or a standalone Linux system seems like a good idea.
Peter, 11/20/12, 12:51 PM
It may be better to set up user accounts on or to lease CAC v4-64g node (64 GB Read Hat Linux). Lease option may be practicable if the node is used intensively. CAC operates in cost recovery mode, we just need to estimate fees.
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Alternatively, I can use it for 3D-EM simulations, for example, since its GPUs are not used by any NLLS code. We surely can find a good use to it.
Oliver, 11/20/12, 10:23 AM
(1) Hosting the Eldore server. (Jack will be speaking with Nandini about CAC's services)