The initial goal of this project is to create a scaleable manageable environment of public NT workstations and possibly servers that is an extension of our existing computing infrastructure. It is quite possible for the workload of this project to be shared with other institutions undertaking similar initiatives, and effort should be placed on establishing these relationship early in the project to reap the highest degree of benefit from joint efforts. Below are some preliminary tasks and phases, along with estimated completion times and resource requirements where known and appropriate. Times listed in hours are actual labor hours. Times listed in months are elapsed time.
All dependencies require completion of the segments listed, unless otherwise specified.
Includes developing further requirements. Deliverable to go to the Civil Eng. This term is a misnomer that is likely to set improper expectations in the MIT community. Regardless of the term used, any discussion about producing a public cluster of NT machines may conjure up disparate images, and trying to better define the feature set is vital in determining what resources will be required to bring the project to successful completion. This term is too amorphous to be used to define the goals of this project.