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Longjobs project status report

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert A Basch)
Sat Jun 8 16:52:37 2002

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Date: Sat, 08 Jun 2002 16:52:30 -0400
From: Robert A Basch <rbasch@MIT.EDU>

Project Name:      Longjobs
Team Members:      Bob Basch, Ted McCabe, Carter Snowden
Report Date:       June 7, 2002
Project Notebook:  http://web.mit.edu/longjobs/notebook/

Accomplishments this period:

- Received new Linux slave machines; we plan to deploy them after
  Athena 9.1 is released, since there is no immediate specific
  need for them.

- Received Sun Netra X1 servers to replace the current Ultra 5
  slaves for the fall; these will also be deployed after Athena 9.1
  is released.

- Completed code changes for Athena 9.1; verified that a 9.0 master
  works with a 9.1 slave.

- Completed draft of disaster recovery document.

- Registered a user for the summer (graduate thesis); spring term
  usage remained light.

- Made progress on sign-up forms.

- Made progress on documentation.


Goals for next period:

- Complete sign-up forms; review with support.

- Complete update of documentation for roll-out.

- More testing under Athena 9.1.


Next community milestone:

- Deploy new slaves, and official roll-out (summer).

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