[gvr-support:0010] Re: NERSC Support for XStack

Andrew A. Chien achien at cs.uchicago.edu
Fri Mar 13 00:23:59 CDT 2015 

Sounds good!
On Mar 12, 2015 4:33 PM, "Richard Gerber" <ragerber at lbl.gov> wrote:

> 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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