Sept. 29, 2006 - Revision history

Terry: /* Organization and Funding Opportunities */

2006-09-29T15:15:10Z

Organization and Funding Opportunities

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	**6 page preprop due in Oct. 30.		**6 page preprop due in Oct. 30.
	*What's happening with the SBIR?		*What's happening with the SBIR?
	**~~EoN~~ systems is working on back-up capabilities under L-Store IBP		**Envelock systems is working on back-up capabilities under L-Store IBP
	**Due Date:		**Due Date: December 4

	=== Events, Education, Outreach ===		=== Events, Education, Outreach ===

Terry: /* Application Communities */

2006-09-29T15:08:35Z

Application Communities

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	=== Application Communities ===		=== Application Communities ===
	*AmericaView (PR)		*AmericaView (PR)
			Had several conversations with the board and some of the members.

	=== Deployment and Operations ===		=== Deployment and Operations ===

Terry: /* Events, Education, Outreach */

2006-09-29T15:04:12Z

Events, Education, Outreach

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	**Description of Jian's Demo:		**Description of Jian's Demo:
	''Creating a multiuser visualization facility based on distributed and heterogeneous resources has proved to be an elusive challenge for the high performance computing and visualization community. We have developed a highly deployable solution to this problem. Our solution uses a collection of freely available, unscheduled and unreserved storage and computing resources, distributed across the network, to provide the essential infrastructure that such a visualization facility needs. Our demonstration will show that large scale visualization of cutting edge simulation datasets can be shared among multiple distributed users from the same pool of distributed resources, requiring only a standard Internet connection for each user.''		''Creating a multiuser visualization facility based on distributed and heterogeneous resources has proved to be an elusive challenge for the high performance computing and visualization community. We have developed a highly deployable solution to this problem. Our solution uses a collection of freely available, unscheduled and unreserved storage and computing resources, distributed across the network, to provide the essential infrastructure that such a visualization facility needs. Our demonstration will show that large scale visualization of cutting edge simulation datasets can be shared among multiple distributed users from the same pool of distributed resources, requiring only a standard Internet connection for each user.''
	**Working with Ultralight?		**Working with Ultralight? We don't know what's being planned here.
	**Working with OSG/Fermi?		**Working with OSG/Fermi? We don't know what they're planning.
			** Martin is doing a bandwidth challenge with Phoebus. It's not all-TCP-Phoebus. This demo is with Internet2.
	**Engaging with ORNL about standing up an L-Store/SRM at their site.		**Engaging with ORNL about standing up an L-Store/SRM at their site.
	**Status of Ultralight plans (Alan)		**Status of Ultralight plans (Alan)

Terry: /* Deployment and Operations */

2006-09-29T14:59:46Z

Deployment and Operations

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	** Current solutions seem to depend on artificial tricks that won't scale.		** Current solutions seem to depend on artificial tricks that won't scale.
	** Plan: Set it up to run at whatever rate we can get (400 Mbps) and let it run. Utilization is what people are looking for, so let's do that.		** Plan: Set it up to run at whatever rate we can get (400 Mbps) and let it run. Utilization is what people are looking for, so let's do that.
	* ~~Since~~ the hardware ~~that goes~~ to ~~SC will~~ be ~~split up and~~ shipped ~~from Tampa~~ to ~~their REDDnet locations, do we need a post SC06 deployment plan?~~		* After SC, all of the hardware is going to be shipped back to Vandy.

	=== Technology: Hardware, Software ===		=== Technology: Hardware, Software ===

Terry: /* Events, Education, Outreach */

2006-09-29T14:54:38Z

Events, Education, Outreach

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	**Status of Ultralight plans (Alan)		**Status of Ultralight plans (Alan)
	*Plans for Internet2 Side meeting (Terry, Micah)		*Plans for Internet2 Side meeting (Terry, Micah)
			** Hunter has talked to the RNP people and they're interested in attending, but details aren't clear at this point.

	== Action Items ==		== Action Items ==

Terry: /* Deployment and Operations */

2006-09-29T14:51:45Z

Deployment and Operations

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	**We need to get better data. But the key point is that we don't seem to be making any progress in this area. We seem to be blocked by the "dirty little secret" of HP networking. The approach that depends on careful control, expert tuning of the backbone routers won't scale, and we may have encountered that here.		**We need to get better data. But the key point is that we don't seem to be making any progress in this area. We seem to be blocked by the "dirty little secret" of HP networking. The approach that depends on careful control, expert tuning of the backbone routers won't scale, and we may have encountered that here.
	** Current solutions seem to depend on artificial tricks that won't scale.		** Current solutions seem to depend on artificial tricks that won't scale.
			** Plan: Set it up to run at whatever rate we can get (400 Mbps) and let it run. Utilization is what people are looking for, so let's do that.
	* Since the hardware that goes to SC will be split up and shipped from Tampa to their REDDnet locations, do we need a post SC06 deployment plan?		* Since the hardware that goes to SC will be split up and shipped from Tampa to their REDDnet locations, do we need a post SC06 deployment plan?

Terry: /* Deployment and Operations */

2006-09-29T14:44:58Z

Deployment and Operations

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	* Current status of deployment effort: Fermi, ORNL, etc. (Bobby)		* Current status of deployment effort: Fermi, ORNL, etc. (Bobby)
	* Do we have a chance of getting a REDDnet node at CERN (Paul, Martin)		* Do we have a chance of getting a REDDnet node at CERN (Paul, Martin)
	* Status of AMPATH ~~testing~~ (Surya)		* Status of AMPATH link(Surya)
	**~~Dedicated machines up~~ and ~~running?~~		**Had a general discussion of the problem of long RTT and latency on this link.
	**~~Has Martin gotten his accounts?~~		**We need to get better data. But the key point is that we don't seem to be making any progress in this area. We seem to be blocked by the "dirty little secret" of HP networking. The approach that depends on careful control, expert tuning of the backbone routers won't scale, and we may have encountered that here.
			** Current solutions seem to depend on artificial tricks that won't scale.
	* Since the hardware that goes to SC will be split up and shipped from Tampa to their REDDnet locations, do we need a post SC06 deployment plan?		* Since the hardware that goes to SC will be split up and shipped from Tampa to their REDDnet locations, do we need a post SC06 deployment plan?

Terry: /* Current Agenda (Start time this week, 10EDT/9CDT) */

2006-09-29T14:15:30Z

Current Agenda (Start time this week, 10EDT/9CDT)

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	* Swany (UDel)		* Swany (UDel)

	== Current Agenda (Start time this week, ~~10EDT~~/~~9CDT~~)==		== Current Agenda (Start time this week, 10:30EDT/9:30CDT)==

	=== Application Communities ===		=== Application Communities ===

Terry: /* Deployment and Operations */

2006-09-29T14:01:37Z

Deployment and Operations

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	**Dedicated machines up and running?		**Dedicated machines up and running?
	**Has Martin gotten his accounts?		**Has Martin gotten his accounts?
			* Since the hardware that goes to SC will be split up and shipped from Tampa to their REDDnet locations, do we need a post SC06 deployment plan?

	=== Technology: Hardware, Software ===		=== Technology: Hardware, Software ===

Terry: /* Events, Education, Outreach */

2006-09-29T13:26:26Z

Events, Education, Outreach

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	**Plans for hardware and demonstrations. Need a good description of what will be demonstrated as the Vanderbilt booth so that we can distribute it to people we want to come see what we can do.		**Plans for hardware and demonstrations. Need a good description of what will be demonstrated as the Vanderbilt booth so that we can distribute it to people we want to come see what we can do.
	**Description of Jian's Demo:		**Description of Jian's Demo:
	''Creating a multiuser visualization facility based on distributed and heterogeneous resources has proved to be an elusive challenge for the high performance computing and visualization community. We have developed a highly deployable solution to this problem. Our solution uses a collection freely available, unscheduled and unreserved storage and computing resources, distributed across the network, to provide the essential infrastructure that such a visualization facility needs. Our demonstration will show that large scale visualization of cutting edge simulation datasets can be shared among multiple distributed users from the same pool of distributed resources, requiring only a standard Internet connection for each user.''		''Creating a multiuser visualization facility based on distributed and heterogeneous resources has proved to be an elusive challenge for the high performance computing and visualization community. We have developed a highly deployable solution to this problem. Our solution uses a collection of freely available, unscheduled and unreserved storage and computing resources, distributed across the network, to provide the essential infrastructure that such a visualization facility needs. Our demonstration will show that large scale visualization of cutting edge simulation datasets can be shared among multiple distributed users from the same pool of distributed resources, requiring only a standard Internet connection for each user.''
	**Working with Ultralight?		**Working with Ultralight?
	**Working with OSG/Fermi?		**Working with OSG/Fermi?