Tim,
I am going to talk with Brian McAllister and Ken Hatch tomorrow and come
a plan with the least amount of downtime of the BLAST farm . I will give
the plan to Micheal Kohl and you can discuss it a the BLAST meeting on
Weds.
Thanks,
Ernie
Ernie Ihloff, P.E.
Engineering Group Leader - EE
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Bates Research & Engineering Center
617-253-9503
Cell 781-760-9381
eihloff@mit.edu
Timothy Paul Smith wrote:
> Hello Brian, et al.,
>
> I understand the need to move. I am working on sifting through
> BLAST data and ask that the dates of the moves and computers
> being off-line are posted here. I would like a 3-day notice if
> possible. But more important is that they are off-line for as little
> a time as possible.
>
> Tim
>
>
>
> Brian McAllister wrote:
>
>> Work is underway to move the BLAST computer farm (including blast02 and
>> blast05) in order to clear the SHCB for the new Tier 2 computing
>> facility.
>> The new space should be ready some time this week and other parties
>> involved would like to start moving the computers immediately.
>>
>> Once we start, systems could be offline for up to a week. Individual
>> computers may be available earlier but will likely be usable only to
>> access
>> data local to them. Given the problems associated with auto-mounted
>> filesystems being unavailable, my preference would be to wait until all
>> systems are online before restoring access.
>>
>> I had hoped to provide more notice on this but the project went from "no
>> money, do nothing" to "finish ASAP" very quickly. We are prepared to
>> delay
>> the move if there is urgent need for access in the immediate future. If
>> there are individual systems that should have higher priority please
>> let us
>> know.
>>
>> ----
>> Brian McAllister Senior Software
>> Engineer
>> mcallister@mit.edu Bates Research & Engineering
>> Center
>> (617) 253-9537
>> Middleton, MA
>>
>>
>
>
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