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This happened, so I leave this page here only for reference.
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Sword needs an upgrade. I'd like to move it to SuSE 9.3. The [[Upgrading_destiny|destiny upgrade]] went OK, which was effectively a trial run for upgrading sword. Here are my current plans for sword:
 
Sword needs an upgrade. I'd like to move it to SuSE 9.3. The [[Upgrading_destiny|destiny upgrade]] went OK, which was effectively a trial run for upgrading sword. Here are my current plans for sword:
   
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* Repartition the disks to redistribute space between system partitions. Means finding somewhere big enough to back /sharedscratch up to, and a very long restore of /home and /sharedscratch after the upgrade
 
* Remove the MPI queues. MPI should be done on [http://www-theor.ch.cam.ac.uk/IT/servers/athens/ Athens] or the group servers
 
* Remove the MPI queues. MPI should be done on [http://www-theor.ch.cam.ac.uk/IT/servers/athens/ Athens] or the group servers
 
* Use rsh internally for consistency with the parallel clusters (ssh will still work though)
 
* Use rsh internally for consistency with the parallel clusters (ssh will still work though)
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** BLACS
 
** BLACS
 
** ScaLAPACK
 
** ScaLAPACK
** Most of the MPI libraries (may need to keep some for compiling purposes)
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** Most of the MPI libraries
 
** The out-of-date trial compilers (Absoft, Lahey)
 
** The out-of-date trial compilers (Absoft, Lahey)
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* Software to keep
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** ifort in all its versions
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** icc in all its versions
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** Portland 5.0 up
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** Nag f95 (this will need upgrading so it won't be exactly the same)
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** Dalton
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** FFTW 3 and 2
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** CADPAC
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** MPI-CH/PGI (needed for castepexe compiles)
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* Software I am not sure about
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** ifc
   
 
If anyone has things they'd like to see on sword this would be the place to ask for them.
 
If anyone has things they'd like to see on sword this would be the place to ask for them.

Latest revision as of 18:13, 5 December 2006

This happened, so I leave this page here only for reference.

Sword needs an upgrade. I'd like to move it to SuSE 9.3. The destiny upgrade went OK, which was effectively a trial run for upgrading sword. Here are my current plans for sword:

  • Repartition the disks to redistribute space between system partitions. Means finding somewhere big enough to back /sharedscratch up to, and a very long restore of /home and /sharedscratch after the upgrade
  • Remove the MPI queues. MPI should be done on Athens or the group servers
  • Use rsh internally for consistency with the parallel clusters (ssh will still work though)
  • I have a list of suse packages for sword .
  • Make modules compulsory
  • Do network installs for the compute nodes
  • Software to be removed because it's not supported or no one wants it:
    • GAMESS-US
    • PGI 4.0
    • gcc 3.2
    • BLACS
    • ScaLAPACK
    • Most of the MPI libraries
    • The out-of-date trial compilers (Absoft, Lahey)
  • Software to keep
    • ifort in all its versions
    • icc in all its versions
    • Portland 5.0 up
    • Nag f95 (this will need upgrading so it won't be exactly the same)
    • Dalton
    • FFTW 3 and 2
    • CADPAC
    • MPI-CH/PGI (needed for castepexe compiles)
  • Software I am not sure about
    • ifc

If anyone has things they'd like to see on sword this would be the place to ask for them.