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Date Opened: Feb 14, 2012
Impact: 1 = workaround identified
Contact Person: Tech staff
Issue: Originally, cs/local was used to override what came with the default distribution, but that's not really an issue anymore. Many of the programs in cs/local are old and no longer work. User paths list cs/local before usr/bin, so sometimes users are directed to programs that don't work. What dir should be listed first in users' paths? Can cs/local be cleaned up?
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- Feb 14: Example: cs/local/readlink does not work but the usr/bin version does.
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| | Linux 12.1 Upgrade
Date Opened: Jan 31, 2012
Impact: 3 = research affected
Contact Person: Imager Tech
Issue: When will the imager upgrade to 12.1 happen? Support ends in Sept.
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- Feb 21: Brad will request dropbox for 12.1 installation.
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- Feb 14: Brad volunteered his machine for early adoption of 12.1. Brad is in contact with Hazita regarding problems with 12.1.
- Feb 14: SuSE 12.1 includes "ownCloud", but it is not a soln to the "sharing large files" issue.
- Feb 07: Tech staff is looking into the possibility of using dropbox. Glen will get an update.
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| | Contact Person: Anika, Wolfgang
Issue: What is the best way to share large files with other universities?
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- Feb 21: Can Imager buy raid space (min 2TB) dedicated for file transfer? Glen will ask Mike if we can add to existing raid space or buy new raid space. Glen will get price quote. Files in space should auto-delete in x weeks.
- Feb 21: Mike does not want to use FTP server.
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- Feb 14: What if the dept got a 3TB FTP server? Files would be automatically deleted in 3 days. Anyone can access files. Files can be encrypted.
- Feb 14: It is not possible to symlink to machine dependent space like /var/tmp and /scratch. We can access this space through scp, but then the user needs a login.
- Feb 07: It is possible to create a symlink in your webpage space to files on NetApps space (imager) or raid space.
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| | Contact Person: Hagit, Anika
Issue: If you have processes that read/write a lot that you want to run on the cluster, what's the best way to run these processes?
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- Feb 21: Glen will contact Hagit about using new space that's better for I/O ops (Sun Storage 7310).
- Feb 21: Cluster moved to isolated LAN. Need to ssh into remote.cs. Looks like cluster will not be upgraded to 12.1 with rest of machines.
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- Feb 14: PiCloud too expensive.
- Feb 07: Brad has requested quotes for PiCloud and Matlab Distributed Computing Server (which uses Torque scheduler).
- Feb 07: Glen will ask if help desk will allow use of PiCloud to create cluster with PSM's machines. How will updates and patches work?
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