[gvr-support:0006] Fwd: NERSC Support for XStack

[Andrew A. Chien]

addl info on this...

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Richard Gerber <ragerber at lbl.gov>
Date: Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 3:50 PM
Subject: Re: NERSC Support for XStack
To: John Shalf <jshalf at lbl.gov>
Cc: Andrew Chien <achien at cs.uchicago.edu>, Rebecca Hartman-Baker <
RJHartmanBaker at lbl.gov>


OK, good. That makes the most sense. Creating the "module load" command
file is a little bit complex right now and I'm not sure how we're going to
implement that yet. So until Rebecca returns I'm willing to install simple
things by hand if it's useful.

Regards,
Richard

Richard Gerber, Ph.D.
Senior Science Advisor | User Services Group Lead
National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center <http://www.nersc.gov/>
| Berkeley Lab <http://www.lbl.gov/>
ragerber at lbl.gov | phone: (510) 486-6820   fax: 510-486-4316

On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 1:46 PM, John Shalf <jshalf at lbl.gov> wrote:

> Hi All,
> I want to clarify.   We want to set up one common location on the NERSC
> systems to set up the software.  Rebecca was going to set aside the space
> in /usr/common so that the GVR group can install it there and create a
> ‘module load’ command so that GVR collaborators can easily access it on the
> NERSC systems.
>
> -john
>
> On Mar 11, 2015, at 2:09 AM, Richard Gerber <ragerber at lbl.gov> wrote:
>
> Andrew,
>
> We can give that a try. As long as it builds cleanly we should be OK.
> Otherwise we'll ask you to find someone who can log in and build the
> software.
>
> Regards,
> Richard
>
> Richard Gerber, Ph.D.
> Senior Science Advisor | User Services Group Lead
> National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center
> <http://www.nersc.gov/> | Berkeley Lab <http://www.lbl.gov/>
> ragerber at lbl.gov | phone: (510) 486-6820   fax: 510-486-4316
>
> On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 1:05 PM, Andrew A. Chien <achien at cs.uchicago.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Richard.  Did you get a quick look at our website?  I think we may
>> be a little further along than many of the xstacks.  We have a public
>> release and extensive documentation.  Thats all on the web page I mentioned.
>>
>> So, John's email suggested you could build and make available, and put up
>> our documentation.  Is that right? If so what more do you need from us?
>>
>> I will confirm the release bits are the right one to build for Edison...
>> Where we have been running for more than half a year with full apps.
>>
>> Cheers, -Andrew
>> On Mar 10, 2015 2:33 PM, "Richard Gerber" <ragerber at lbl.gov> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Andrew,
>>>
>>> John's email gave a good description of the services we can offer. We
>>> can arrange to have your software installed on our Cray systems, along with
>>> a web describing how to use it at NERSC with pointers to more generic
>>> documentation. I'd be happy to have a call to discuss this. Are you
>>> available this Friday at 11:00 Pacific time?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Richard
>>>
>>> Richard Gerber, Ph.D.
>>> Senior Science Advisor | User Services Group Lead
>>> National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center
>>> <http://www.nersc.gov/> | Berkeley Lab <http://www.lbl.gov/>
>>> ragerber at lbl.gov | phone: (510) 486-6820   fax: 510-486-4316
>>>
>>> On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 8:34 AM, Andrew A. Chien <achien at cs.uchicago.edu
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> John,
>>>>
>>>> Nice to hear from you.  This support would be terrific!  We're a small
>>>> project, so we only have one package, GVR, and have been running edison and
>>>> have been doing experiments for at least 9 months.
>>>>
>>>> Rebecca and Richard, there is release info on gvr.cs.uchicago.edu, and
>>>> user manual documentation.  We also have numerous code examples (including
>>>> real applications), and publications describing how it can be used.
>>>>
>>>> If you can take a quick look at what we have, and then we can have a
>>>> call do discuss what more we'd need to do?
>>>>
>>>> cheers,
>>>> -Andrew
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 10:27 AM, John Shalf <jshalf at lbl.gov> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Andrew,
>>>>> I understand that for the XStack renewals, there is a requirement to
>>>>> deploy some of your prototype GVR software on the DOE systems.  I’m am
>>>>> writing to offer NERSC’s active support for this requirement.  I would like
>>>>> to introduce you to Rebecca Hartman-Baker and Richard Gerber from user
>>>>> services, who will also be assisting.  For planning purposes, we would like
>>>>> for you to identify, which prototypes of the software you are developing
>>>>> for XStack that we could deploy on the NERSC systems to facilitate your
>>>>> collaborations with members of the user community.
>>>>>         * Software Deployment:  NERSC will provide the space to
>>>>> install the software and make it 'module loadable' to simplify access to
>>>>> the user community.
>>>>>         * Host Documentation: NERSC would also provide space on our
>>>>> documentation system for your documentation (or point to your own web pages)
>>>>>         * Training: we would like to increase your visibility among
>>>>> our users and facilitate your interactions by advertising/telecasting your
>>>>> trainings or seminars on how to use your tools.
>>>>>
>>>>> Please let us know if this would be of interest to you.  If so, can
>>>>> you identify some prototype software that is sufficiently mature that you
>>>>> would be willing to have it deployed on systems like Hopper and Edison (the
>>>>> two primary HPC systems at NERSC).  We'd want to know
>>>>>         1) what is the name of the software
>>>>>         2) a brief description of what it does and what
>>>>> exascale-related problems it solves (e.g. why should an applications team
>>>>> care?)
>>>>>         3) how mature it is as a research prototype (is it ready for
>>>>> public release, or would you prefer to have it installed with access
>>>>> restricted to "friendly users")
>>>>>
>>>>> There will need to be a triage process to prioritize which research
>>>>> prototypes should get deployed first, but we want to gather information
>>>>> about what is currently available and its potential value to the community.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>
>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>> John Shalf: NERSC CTO
>>>>> Richard Gerber:  Group Leader: NERSC User Services
>>>>> Rebecca Hartman Baker: NERSC User Services
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Andrew A. Chien
>>>> William Eckhardt Professor in Computer Science
>>>>  Senior Computer Scientist
>>>> Director, CERES Ctr for Unstoppable Computing        Mathematics and
>>>> Computer Science
>>>> Senior Fellow, Computation Institute
>>>>      Argonne National Laboratory
>>>> The University of Chicago
>>>>
>>>> achien at cs.uchicago.edu
>>>> http://cs.uchicago.edu/people/aachien/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>



-- 
Andrew A. Chien
William Eckhardt Professor in Computer Science
 Senior Computer Scientist
Director, CERES Ctr for Unstoppable Computing        Mathematics and
Computer Science
Senior Fellow, Computation Institute
 Argonne National Laboratory
The University of Chicago

achien at cs.uchicago.edu
http://cs.uchicago.edu/people/aachien/
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