Xcluster Go-Live

Name the cluster!!

• Win a free hot-apple pie

(Scyld) Development Environment

• Paul's VM plus physical nodes
• Intel vs. AMD software builds?
• Use Guy's RedHat AMD workstation for software builds(?)

Software

Apps to install on xcluster:

• MPI, multi-core, IB, big-memroy, serial?
• Popular apps (regardless of type; how to determine?):
  • time stamps on app dirs??
  • access time of executable??

New queueing system:

• how/what to configure (e.g. fairshare, queues, "complexes")

Use module or not?

Scyld

• Location of /usr/local/apps, libraries, and languages e.g., Perl
• A bunch more stuff needed here

Cloud Manager

Lab Group Registration:

• Lab VM login nodes

User Accounts:

• New request from PI's
• CAS/LDAP authentication?
• affiliate accounts?

Storage

• HPC IceBreaker (3 x 48TB chains)
  • one chain for /home, /db, and /usr/local?
  • two chains for scratch?

• Archive IceBreaker (2 x 320TB chains)
  • /oflow and /home, /usr/local backups

• Lustre ClusterStor
  • scratch for zcluster via 10GBE
  • scratch for xcluster via 10GBE, maybe IB later

Documentation

• cloud, login nodes, etc.
• queuing system