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- Proposal is then to have SCCS (Teri Church +?) get quotes for 27 Dell C6220 servers with 4Gig/core, middle grade cpu speed etc. The nominal networking would be 10GigE using the new 7000 series switches (provided by SCCS). Also ask Teri to look at equivalent system from HP.
- Storage scenarios? Cluster storage is not long term. Where does long term data go? How paid for? Is any long term storage needed this year?
- Space,Power,Cooling planning -- Long term plan needed for ~10-15 racks, probably in one area. (What is being retired? When?)
- Use: Batch software: (LSF v8+?, condor, PBS Pro, others?, assign review team?)
- Optimizing shared use: Single thread vs. single-host vs. many host (MPI). Comparing orange cluster with generic batch config.