LANS System Resources

LANS System Resources

LANS System resources Satish Balay [email protected] How this started? MCS Research Groups HPC GRID Core Resource Categories ● General Infrastructure ● NEOS/ADIC Servers ● Desktop Environment ● Development Hardware ● Development Software ● Development Testing ● Other tools General Infrastructure ● Reliable email ● Off-site email access [without vpn/ssh] ● Dependable e-mail support [[email protected]] ● Majordomo mailing lists [with archives] ● User support tools: req, bugzilla, roundup ● ftp.mcs.anl.gov [/nfs/ftp/] ● www-unix/www-fp [/nfs/www-unix, frontpage] ● External VPN/ssh access ● Network printers ● central authentication/nfs access General Infrastructure cont... ● Wiki ● CVS/Subversion server [bitkeeper] ● Backup support ● Large file storage ● Sourceforge concept? ● Control for configuring services [bugzilla] NEOS/ADIC Servers ● Web server support [www-neos/neos.mcs.anl.gov] ● http support for SSI, CGI, Servlets, PHP, webdav. ● MySQL server & client access from neos ● Open ports to the public [firewall rules] ● Separate pool of machines? [adic] ● condor Desktop Environment ● General MCS linux build ● Windows ● Mac OS X? ● Unsupported [Laptops] ● Users might feel a need for favorite customizations ● Elevated privileges on Windows ● Student desktops Development Hardware ● User desktop [red/green] ● MCS Linux build with access to most software ● Multiple compute nodes [crunch, terra] ● Mac OS X/ Windows Development Software ● Most of the tools are available on MCS linux machines ● Compilers c/c++/f77/f90 [ GNU, PGI, Absoft, Intel] ● Scripting Language support [python,perl, awk] ● emacs/xemacs/vi ● build tools [make, etc..] ● revision control [bitkeeper,cvs,subversion] ● debugging tools [gdb,valgrind,gcov] Development Testing ● Various hardware/os/compiler combinations such as icrunch [Mac OS X], Atlantis [Solaris], opteron-ibm [Linux – X86_64] ● Perhaps some additional variations could be provided with vmware [primarily x86]? ● Windows MS compilers/cygwin ● Request for Power-5 based Linux workstation [IBM710] ● A mechanism for reserving zoo machines for benchmarking Other tools ● basic install of blas/lapack on most machines ● Matlab/Mathematica ● TecPlot ● PAPI on all compute servers [requires perfctr kernel patch] ● Documentation [tex/pdflatex/docbook] ● Collaboration [jabber,mud] Further Discussions? Effort required Reliability of services [Expectations] Systems vs DIY.

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