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LBNL/NERSC Site Report

This report outlines recent changes at NERSC including upgrades in computational systems, mass storage, networking, and future technologies. It covers the introduction of new systems, expansions, and advancements in various departments.

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LBNL/NERSC Site Report

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  1. Cary Whitney NERSC clwhitney@lbl.gov LBNL/NERSC Site Report

  2. Outline • Changes at NERSC • What's new at PDSF • Computational Systems Group (CSG) • Advanced Systems Group (ASG) • Mass Storage • Future Technologies Group (FTG) • Networking/Security • Grid

  3. LBNL/NERSC

  4. LBNL/NERSC

  5. NERSC • Oakland building expansion (of sorts) • Finishing existing floor • Widening loading dock to create a parking structure • Building a new building next door. (Not NERSC funded.)

  6. PDSF • Purchased a Zambeel system to use as /home and /spool • Added 60 Dual Athlons to the cluster • Added 15 - - 1 TB disk vaults • Demo of Maximum-Throughput system in works • Demo of AMD Hammer in works

  7. CSG • We say good by to the Crays. The T3E and SV1 were decommissioned on Oct 1st.

  8. Announcement of Blue Planet Http://www.nersc.gov/news/blueplanet.html CSG • Seaborg upgraded to AIX 5.1

  9. ASG • Batch schedulers testing • Between LSF 5.1, OpenPBS/Maui, SGE, MauiME • Unlimited Scale SSI testing • Thomas Davis (tadavis@lbl.gov) • GUPFS • Max-T, Ibrix, GFS, Yotta Yotta, 3Par Data • EMC, Dot Hill, Qlogic • PCI-X • Rei Lee (rclee@lbl.gov)

  10. Mass Storage • Added 20TB of cache for HPSS • Moving to 200GB tapes • Starting evaluation of Linux Movers • Beta for HPSS 5.1 DMAPI • Linux XFS/DMAPI

  11. FTG • IB technologies • Linux checkpoint/restart

  12. Network/Security • iperf.nersc.gov • Tested/beta 10GE • HIPPI/FIDDI removal from center • Planning stages for OC48 upgrade • SC2002 work • Eli Dart (dart@nersc.gov)

  13. Grid • Getting grid services running on Seaborg • NERSC wide grid ldap server • Enabling Bro to recognize gsiftp and cactus sessions, or simple making Bro grid aware • Steve Chan (SYChan@lbl.gov)

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