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Message from SCD Director Al KellieSCD's FY1999 science highlights
New computational hardware roadmap Acquisition, installation and acceptance of blackforest Maintaining NCAR's production supercomputer environment
History FY1999 production system overview Production system performance and utilization statistics End FY1999 production supercomputer systems CSL facility Community facility FY1999 supercomputer resource changes Additions and upgrades Decommissionings in FY1999 Key maintenance activities Automated monitoring of systems Dedicated data processing platforms Visualization Laboratory -- The era of visual computing
Facilities Science Visualization tools Visual computing systems Education and outreach Technical seminars and presentations Publications Visitors and collaborators Collaboratorative work MSS history MSS today MSS access methods MSS storage hierarchy MSS import/export capability MSS enhancements and upgrades MSS growth MSS roadmap High speed network and data communications
Introduction to NETS Local Area Network projects Metropolitan Area Network projects Wide Area Network projects Other network projects Computing environment and support services
SCD's Year 2000 planning and testing Computer and network security Enterprise Web Service Distributed systems advances High availability of distributed systems Dependencies reduction project Distributed systems management software Office systems advances Desktop standardization plan Small systems support Office systems roadmap Integrating Windows NT and UNIX Distributed Computing Services project Graphics and data analysis (formerly NCAR Graphics) Technical support services Online interactive information technology Enterprise Web service Data Support activities and plans, FY1999-2001 Overview of Data Support efforts - Reanalysis Additional major accomplishments during FY1999 What types of data are in DSS archives? Data services from DSS A quick view of main projects for FY2000-2001 Prepare to handle the outputs from reanalysis Taking care of data and documents for reanalysis Overview Research Technology tracking Software libraries Collaboration Education, outreach, and knowledge transfer Operational procedures and infrastructure
Overview Monitoring and initial problem identification Machine dependencies Equipment installations and removals Floor space Infrastructure Trouble Ticket system Inventory system Site licensing Resource allocation improvements Database Y2K preparation Management of user accounts and reporting Refereed Non-refereed Community service activities
Educational activitiesColorado Computational Science Fair Computing grants to classrooms SC98 Education Program Increasing girls' interest in math and science SCD staff, visitors, and collaborators
SCD staff SCD's visitors and collaborators