[gvr-support:0009] Re: NERSC Support for XStack

Thu Mar 12 18:33:19 CDT 2015

Hi Andrew,

We're in a bit of a transition phase with our software management. Part of
our new scheme will involve a well-defined process for user-installed and
maintained software. We're not there yet, but I think I will know more in a
about a week. So I'd like to revisit this in about a week and see what
makes the most sense in the short run.

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 1:58 PM, Andrew A. Chien <achien at cs.uchicago.edu>
wrote:

> Richard,
>
> thanks for the effort, and message.  I think they took it down to make a
> minor patch.... amusingly this was triggered by my "heads up" that you were
> asking about putting this up and NERSC.
>
> Let me make sure this is fixed (in general), and then we can pursue the
> path that John (next message) is pointing out.
>
> cheers,
> -Andrew
>
> On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 3:42 PM, Richard Gerber <ragerber at lbl.gov> wrote:
>
>> 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/
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
> --
> 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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