Linux 12.1 Upgrade

Date Opened: Jan 31, 2012

Impact: 3 = research affected

Contact Person: Imager Tech

Issue: When will the imager upgrade to 12.1 happen? Support ends in Sept.

Updates:

• Jan 31: Cluster (currently 11.4) can support 12.1 but will unlikely be upgraded to 12.1 when imager is upgraded.
• Jan 31: Upgrade for imager should be in June or early July but no later to allow for Siggraph prep.

ICICS Cluster Performance

Date Opened: Jan 31, 2012

Impact: 3 = research affected

Contact Person: Hagit, Anika

Issue: If you have processes that read/write a lot that you want to run on the cluster, what's the best way to run these processes?

Updates:

• Mar 27: Glen will contact Anika instead of Hagit.
• Feb 21: Glen will contact Hagit about using new space that's better for I/O ops (Sun Storage 7310).
• Feb 21: Cluster moved to isolated LAN. Need to ssh into remote.cs. Looks like cluster will not be upgraded to 12.1 with rest of machines.
• Feb 14: PiCloud too expensive.
• Feb 07: Brad has requested quotes for PiCloud and Matlab Distributed Computing Server (which uses Torque scheduler).
• Feb 07: Glen will ask if help desk will allow use of PiCloud to create cluster with PSM's machines. How will updates and patches work?

Meeting notes

• Check Conference Freeze Dates page monthly and notify tech staff of any new freezes.
• Check imager disk space list monthly for users over 25GB.
• Cheryl and Brad are leaving around June, and Robert is leaving in May. We need replacements.