Subject: Long Jobs history #2
From: "Naomi B. Schmidt" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 08 May 1997 17:42:05 EDT

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Subject: Notes from 7/5 meeting
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 1995 11:02:49 EDT
From: "Naomi B. Schmidt" <[email-masked]>

Steve Ellis met with us and described the Load Balancer software that he has
been using.  It is the simplest and least expensive in a line of products
that manage batch queues.

The major areas where we need to do some investigation or take action are:

Hardware, Software, Kerberos/tickets, Control group of customers

HARDWARE:  We will see if we can get two spare SPARCclassics to use as a
prototype for testing.  If things work well, we will consider the purchase of
one or two higher end SPARC's (e.g. dual processor SPARC10 or SPARC20).

SOFTWARE:  Steve will take a look at what other products are available that
have similar functionality as Load Balancer.  If none of the other products
have any stand-out advantages, we will contact the vendor of LB to get a
copy.  Steve will also find out whether it is shrink wrapped or requires a
signed license.

KERBEROS:  Tom will talk with Jeff and Ted about the idea of having the Batch
server to get tickets to access a semi-Public directory in the user's
filespace.

CONTRL GROUP:  If we get something in place for September, we will work with
a small number of courses to try this out as a pilot.  We will work with TAs
so that they can be trained to provide direct user support.

Our next meeting will be Wednesday, July 12 at 2 PM.

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