[gvr-support:0008] Re: NERSC Support for XStack

[Richard Gerber]

I tried to download the software from the web site. It had me register and
wait for an email, which I never received (maybe I typed my email
incorrectly?)

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 11:09 PM, 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/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>
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