We have a student and Postdoc who use these computers daily to work on
papers, data analysis and a thesis. Before you make such a dramatic change
these people must be accommodated in a reasonable way to have access to
their data. Please do not make changes until these matters are resolved in a
manner that does not damage their already fragile situations or the
efficiency of their work.
Indeed this notice is very short! But the availability of money does not
justify making the work of others very inefficient. This matter needs more
calm deliberation and investigation before any changes are made.
Bill
William Bertozzi
Professor of Physics
Room 26-437
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139
-----Original Message-----
From: BLAST_anaware-owner@rocko.lns.mit.edu
[mailto:BLAST_anaware-owner@rocko.lns.mit.edu] On Behalf Of Brian McAllister
Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 3:33 PM
To: Michael Kohl
Cc: Blast_anaware@rocko.lns.mit.edu
Subject: Moving of BLAST computers
Work is underway to move the BLAST computer farm (including blast02 and
blast05) in order to clear the SHCB for the new Tier 2 computing facility.
The new space should be ready some time this week and other parties
involved would like to start moving the computers immediately.
Once we start, systems could be offline for up to a week. Individual
computers may be available earlier but will likely be usable only to access
data local to them. Given the problems associated with auto-mounted
filesystems being unavailable, my preference would be to wait until all
systems are online before restoring access.
I had hoped to provide more notice on this but the project went from "no
money, do nothing" to "finish ASAP" very quickly. We are prepared to delay
the move if there is urgent need for access in the immediate future. If
there are individual systems that should have higher priority please let us
know.
---- Brian McAllister Senior Software Engineer mcallister@mit.edu Bates Research & Engineering Center (617) 253-9537 Middleton, MA
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