DRAFT

Present: Arno Candel, Ashley Deacon, Imre Kabai, Randy Melen, Brian Moritz, Lance Nakata, Amedeo Perazzo, Vineet Rawat.
Via teleconference: Amber Boehnlein.

Meeting agenda page

Minutes:

• Lance gave an update on the search for storage vendors
  • Low cost/TB options aren't high density enough
  • Possible vendors:
    • DDN: evaluation sought
    • LSI Logic: many resell LSI's products, request for evaluation (buy & try for 60 days)
    • NexSAN: they give low priority for evaluation, trying to get pricing, probably too expensive
    • AMAX: Amedeo's getting (no-cost evaluation) hardware soon, giving feedback to Lance and providing him access for evaluation
  • ATLAS has second tier solutions at lower cost; they are looking to expand
  • KIPAC and FermiGLAST have an immediate need
• Randy discussed the changes to the VPN service
  • change prompted by unauthorized use, computer was left logged into the VPN
  • need to prevent ease of access
    • No password storage (no way to enforce this, only via policy)
    • Wanted auto-disconnect after "inactivity" (but that's hard to define), maximum eight-hour elapsed time
  • VPN hardware will change from Windows box to a Cisco one in the near future
    • Responsibility will shift from Windows to Networking group
• Amedeo discussed his horrible experience of transferring from UNIX mail server to IMAP (Exchange)
  • Now incoming mail from Outlook users bounce (to correct, they must follow these instructions)
  • Can a UNIX IMAP server be used? Imre and Randy will follow up with Teresa.
• Amedeo requested a org. chart for Scientific Computing from Randy
• Imre provided a handout
  • FUDforum to go live at end of March
  • Crowd wend live Sunday, Feb. 13.
    • Used for Confluence and JIRA
    • A couple hundred people have tested, 10 reports of problems (from non-SLAC email address users)
  • LDRD to be proposed for BaBar LTDA cluster
    • Mix fixed storage and dynamic virtual compute nodes for private scientific cloud
    • Create a time capsule to retain scientific data and tools after funding has dissipated
    • If interested, know of interested parties, or have suggestions, contact Imre
• Arno discussed seminar series preparation
  • Contacted Shawne re. SLAC Today, advised to contact them three weeks before the first seminar (beginning of April)
  • Kavli auditorium
    • John Skinner usually doesn't make ongoing reservations for people who don't live in Kavli, i.e., Arno. Can Stuart help?
    • In last week of April, auditorium is only available only Mon 8-5, Tue 8-12 and 4-5, Wed 8-13 and 3-5.
  • Discussion about getting "major" speakers
    • Arno to discuss with directorate reps.
    • General concensus that the first (few?) speakers should be from outside SLAC if possible.
• Next meeting: Monday, February 28, 2011

Actions:

• Amedeo and Lance to communicate re. AMAX hardware evaluation
• Imre and Randy to discuss possibility of UNIX IMAP server (or other possible solutions) with Teresa
• Randy to provide Scientific Computing org. chart
• Amedeo to contact Stuart regarding recurring reservations in Kavli
• Arno to discuss possible speakers with directorate reps.