The group also discussed plans for the upcoming year. The overall tone of the meeting was upbeat and focused on continuing to improve on the common user environment provided across all the sites. The first order of business was allocations and usage. The group uncovered some issues on reporting usage from remote sites to the central database at SDSC and discussed how to encourage users to take advantage of the mid-range resources and experimental architectures. Current reports show that allocations on the mid-range and experimental systems at Michigan, Texas, Caltech, and UC Berkeley have not been fully spent.
Users now have common login IDs and a common file structure across all sites.
This is one component required to move us toward a single user authentication mechanism. Caltech's HPSS archive was upgraded with new network connections, and new tape drives are planned, to support the archive, which is growing by one terabyte per month. We have benefitted from solidifying our research project to have a production component. The Michigan staff have been providing consulting help on the IBM SP platform and conducted an SP training class last fall. SDSC's Perrine has discussed security issues with system administrators at UCSD and Texas.