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SSG Projects
Here you will find information about the current SSG projects.
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Centralized Power Up/Down Console Deplolyment |
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The purpose of this project is to develop a centralized power up/down system console facility for CPG. |
| Status: |
Initial testing is underway. |
| Last Updated: |
October 02, 2006 |
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File System Scrubber Rearchitecture |
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The purpose of this project is to develop and deploy a new file system scrubber methodology across all of the supercomputers. |
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Work is currently underway to repair the existing scrubber in preparation for the blueice rearchitecture phase of the project. |
| Last Updated: |
October 02, 2006 |
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GPFS MultiCluster |
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The purpose of this project is to develop and deploy a GPFS MultiCluster SAN to support the supercomputer divisional file systems. |
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Nothing new to report at this time. |
| Last Updated: |
October 02, 2006 |
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ICESS Installation, Configuration, & Deployment |
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The purpose of this project is to take the new ICESS system from selection to production. |
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Installation planning is now underway |
| Last Updated: |
October 02, 2006 |
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SMART Development & Deployment |
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The purpose of this project is to develop and deploy the System Management And Reporting Tool (SMART). |
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Nothing new to report at this time. |
| Last Updated: |
October 02, 2006 |
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SSG Central License Server Replacement |
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The purpose of this project is to replace the chickenhawk license server with newer technology hardware and software. |
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Nothing new to report at this time. |
| Last Updated: |
October 02, 2006 |
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Snoopy HSS Data Repository |
| Purpose: |
Install, configure, and deploy snoopy as the HSS metrics data repository. |
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No new status to report at this time. |
| Last Updated: |
October 02, 2006 |
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Special Computing Campaign Support |
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The purpose of this project is to support the ongoing series of special computing campaigns on the supercomputers. |
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The MMM Annual Hurricane campaign began on July 1, 2006 and runs until October 31, 2006. Components are running on lightning and bluevista. |
| Last Updated: |
October 02, 2006 |
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Batch System Data Mining & Simulator Project |
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The purpose of this project is to begin to mine the LSF accounting data in search of scheduler optimizations and to examine the feasibility of developing a simulator for the NCAR supercomputer environment. |
| Status: |
The data mining phase of the project is now underway. |
| Last Updated: |
October 02, 2006 |
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CISL Resource Information System (CRIS) Support |
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The purpose of this project is to provide design and implementation input into the CRIS database design and business logic re-engineering project. |
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We are currently awaiting the Phase II architecture document. |
| Last Updated: |
October 02, 2006 |
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Computational Noise Investigation Project |
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The purpose of this project is to install the ANL computational noise benchmarking tool suite and to eliminate the extraneous sources of computational noise on the NCAR supercomputers. |
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Nothing new to report at this time. |
| Last Updated: |
October 02, 2006 |
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IMAGe Cluster Support |
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The purpose of this project is to provide ongoing support for the IMAGe coral cluster and derivative projects. |
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Nothing new to report at this time. |
| Last Updated: |
October 02, 2006 |
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LSF Infrastructure Management |
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The purpose of this project is to manage the LSF intrastructure. |
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LSF Version 7.0 is due out later this year. SSG is working with Platform Computing to become a beta test site for this new version. The early release software will be installed on otis and sparky in late fall with a planned production release in early winter. |
| Last Updated: |
October 02, 2006 |
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Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) Project |
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The purpose of this project is to implement the Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) feature on the IBM POWER5 platforms (bluevista, blueice, etc.) |
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SSG and CSG are working with Platform Computing and IBM to resolve software issues at this time. |
| Last Updated: |
October 02, 2006 |
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Roy Upgrade & Rearchitecture Support |
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The purpose of this project is to support the DSG roy upgrades and to work with NETS to optimize the supercomputing routing architecture. |
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No new status to report at this time. |
| Last Updated: |
October 02, 2006 |
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SSG Security Redesign Project |
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The purpose of this project is to rearchitect the SSG security strategy in parallel with the sister projects in CISL and UCAR. |
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Nothing new to report at this time. |
| Last Updated: |
October 02, 2006 |
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SSG System Monitoring Tool Deployment |
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The purpose of this project is to deploy a common set of monitoring tools such as Big Brother and/or Ganglia across the supercomputer infrastructure. |
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Nothing new to report at this time. |
| Last Updated: |
October 02, 2006 |
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SSG Web Development & Ongoing Maintenance |
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The purpose of this project is to continually redesign, redeploy, and rearchitect the SSG web site. |
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The site is now template-based providing a common look and feel. It has been rearchitected to use a combination of static html pages, java server pages, and CISL VAVOOM technologiy. Work is now underway to add additional dynamic content. |
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October 02, 2006 |
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Supercomputer Storage Rearchitecture Project |
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The purpose of this project is to evaluate current NCAR supercomputer storage management policies, procedures, and system architecture and make recommendations for modifications, optimizations, and enhancements. |
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The GPFS Multicluster project is a child project to this one. |
| Last Updated: |
October 02, 2006 |
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Batch Job Scheduling Steering Committee |
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The purpose of this project is to periodically review NCAR scheduling policies and practices in search of further optimizations and simplifications. |
| Status: |
The mechanism to switch from implicit project declarations to explicit project declarations will be implemented in the October/November timeframe. |
| Last Updated: |
October 02, 2006 |
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Day-To-Day System Activities |
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The purpose of this project is to handle the myriad day-to-day issues, questions, and problems that arise with regards to the systems, software, tools, and documentation that SSG supports. |
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SSG is currently working to isolate and resolve the root cause of the lightning login node crashes. |
| Last Updated: |
October 02, 2006 |
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Maintain Third-Party Software Repository |
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The purpose of this ongoing project is to maintain the third-party software (e.g., GNU products) repository on the NCAR supercomputers. |
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Nothing new to report at this time. |
| Last Updated: |
October 02, 2006 |
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| Title: |
Supercomputer System Documentation |
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The purpose of this project is to continue to enhance the supercomputer documentation repository with new and updated content. |
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Nothing new to report at this time. |
| Last Updated: |
October 02, 2006 |
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System Accounting Maintenance & Enhancement |
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The purpose of this project is to provide ongoing support for the existing system accounting software and to incorporate new LSF features as they become available. |
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LSF Version 7.0 provides new system accounting features that SSG will begin to incorporate into the NCAR system accounting process flow early next year. |
| Last Updated: |
October 02, 2006 |
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