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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap: break-word;-webkit-nbsp-mode: space;-webkit-line-break: after-white-space'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>How does one send to the HECFSIO list these days?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>GAry<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sa
ns-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Garth Gibson [mailto:garth@cs.cmu.edu] <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 18, 2011 9:56 AM<br><b>To:</b> The PRObE Management Group<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: Draft call for (more) nominations -- comments soliticied<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Okay, its sent to (for posting) the storage research list, hpc-announce, tpcc-announce and SIGOPS announce.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Gary, please send to FSIO:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>=====<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.
0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Steering and Project Selection Committee for NSF PRObE testbed (<a href="http://newmexicoconsortium.org/probe">http://newmexicoconsortium.org/probe</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>The NSF-funded Parallel Reconfigurable Observational Environment (PRObE) facility will be making thousands of computers (<a href="http://newmexicoconsortium.org/probe/machines">newmexicoconsortium.org/probe/machines</a>) available to systems researchers for dedicated use in experiments that are not possible or compelling at a smaller scale. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.
0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>At full production scale PRObE will provide at least two 1024 node clusters, one of 200 nodes, and some smaller machines with extreme core count and bleeding edge technology. The first of these clusters are being constructed now and will be available this year. The large clusters are retired equipment donated by DOE national laboratories. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Researchers will have complete control of the hardware (can replace all levels of software, including the OS kernel, and inject both hardware and software failures) while they are running experiments with dedicated
resources for days or perhaps weeks. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>The PRObE remote access environment will be based on the Emulab testbed-management software developed by the University of Utah (<a href="http://www.emulab.net">www.emulab.net</a>).<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Probe is targeted at the needs of systems researchers in three communities: <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>- high-end or high performance computing, often publishing in the Supercomput
ing conference (SC), <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>- data-intensive scalable computing, often publishing in the Operating System Design and Implementation conference (OSDI), and<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>- data and storage systems for both, often publishing in the File and Storage Technologies conference (FAST). <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>We seek nominations for the steering and project selection committee advising PRObE leadership on policies and proposals for allocation of PRObE facilities to research projects. We seek leading systems researchers with experience and
continuing interest in large scale research experiments and publishing. In addition to reviewing and advising PRObE leadership on policies and strategic decisions, this committee will allocate resources to proposed projects it deems most compelling.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Please nominate, on or before May 8, 2011, qualified candidates using the web form:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><a href="http://newmexicoconsortium.org/probe/committee-nominations">http://newmexicoconsortium.org/probe/committee-nominations</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><di
v><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Nominated candidates will be elected using a web voting mechanism on the same web site between May 9 and May 22, 2011.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>PRObE is a collaborative effort by the New Mexico Consortium (NMC), Los Alamos National Laboratory, Carnegie Mellon University, and the University of Utah. It is housed at NMC in the Los Alamos Research Park. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>PRObE's leadership team includes:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNo
rmal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>- Gary Grider, Los Alamos National Laboratory<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>- Andree Jacobson, New Mexico Consortium<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>- Katharine Chartrand, New Mexico Consortium<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>- Garth Gibson, Carnegie Mellon University and Panasas Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>- Robert Ricci, University of Utah<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-fa
mily:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>-----------<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Apr 18, 2011, at 1:25 AM, Andree Jacobson wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>I have no problem with it either.<br><br>/andree<br><br>On 4/17/11 2:12 PM, Grider, Gary A wrote: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>I am ok with it.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Thanks</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Gary</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div style='border:no
ne;border-left:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt;border-color:-moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color
blue'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;border-color:-moz-use-text-color
-moz-use-text-color'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Garth Gibson [<a href="mailto:garth@cs.cmu.edu">mailto:garth@cs.cmu.edu</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, April 17, 2011 1:26 PM<br><b>To:</b> The PRObE Management Group<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: Draft call for (more) nominations -- comments soliticied</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I looked at SIGOPS announcements. They come out in the first 3-4 days of each month. I'd like to delay the "close of nominations" un
til Sunday May 8 so we can usefully use that announcement vehicle. I think that since the NSF briefing is May 5 we were not going to have an elected committee on May 5 anyway, but we will have sufficient nominations and an election process that will be happening the next week (instead of in progress). So I would suggest two weeks for voting, that is May 9 - May 22.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I think this is fine -- do you?<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>garth<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Apr 15, 2011, at 5:17 PM, Grider, Gary A wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>This looks great to me. </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=Ms
oNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thanks!</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>GAry</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div style='border:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt;border-color:-moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color
-moz-use-text-color blue'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;border-color:rgb(181, 196,
223) -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color'><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-fami
ly:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> </span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Andree Jacobson [<a href="mailto:andree@newmexicoconsortium.org">mailto:andree@newmexicoconsortium.org</a>]<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><br><b>Sent:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Friday, April 15, 2011 10:02 AM<br><b>To:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Garth Gibson<br><b>Cc:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>The PRObE Management Group<br><b>Subject:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Re: Draft call for (more) nominations -- comments soliticied</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><p>I fully agree with you. Leave UNM out - all is good.<o:p></o:p></p><p>Andree Jacobson<br>New Mexico Consortium<br>Computer and Informat
ion Systems Manager<br>Ph: (505) 412-4180<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Apr 15, 2011 9:56 AM, "Garth Gibson" <<a href="mailto:garth@panasas.com">garth@panasas.com</a>> wrote:<br>> Okay, UNM out :-) I wanted to leave Robert on the list because he will be recognized by the Emulab community, so I called the list "leadership" rather than "management." If this is objectionable, I can delete him.<br>><span class=apple-converted-space> </span><br>> thanks<br>> garth<br>><span class=apple-converted-space> </span><br>><span class=apple-converted-space> </span><br>> On Apr 15, 2011, at 8:38 AM, Andree Jacobson wrote:<br>><span class=apple-converted-space> </span><br>>> Garth,<br>>><span class=apple-converted-space> </span><br>>> This looks great! University of New Mexico doesn't have to be explicitly mentioned as their participation in PRObE is through the NMC. Also,
I just wanted to make sure that you know that Robert is not on the PRObE management group (and hence won't get this email), as Utah is a subcontractor to NMC.<br>>><span class=apple-converted-space> </span><br>>> /Andree<br>>><span class=apple-converted-space> </span><br>>> On 04/14/2011 10:56 PM, Garth Gibson wrote:<br>>>><span class=apple-converted-space> </span><br>>>> CALL FOR NOMINATIONS:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><br>>>><span class=apple-converted-space> </span><br>>>> Steering and Project Selection Committee for NSF PRObE testbed (<a href="http://newmexicoconsortium.org/probe">http://newmexicoconsortium.org/probe</a>)<br>>>><span class=apple-converted-space> </span><br>>>> The NSF-funded Parallel Reconfigurable Observational Environment (PRObE) facility will be making thousands of computers (<a href="http://newmexicoconsortium.org/probe/machines">
newmexicoconsortium.org/probe/machines</a>) available to systems researchers for dedicated use in experiments that are not possible or compelling at a smaller scale.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><br>>>><span class=apple-converted-space> </span><br>>>> At full production scale PRObE will provide at least two 1024 node clusters, one of 200 nodes, and some smaller machines with extreme core count and bleeding edge technology. The first of these clusters are being constructed now and will be available this year. The large clusters are retired equipment donated by DOE national laboratories.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><br>>>><span class=apple-converted-space> </span><br>>>> Researchers will have complete control of the hardware (can replace all levels of software, including the OS kernel, and inject both hardware and software failures) while they are running experiments with dedicated resources for d
ays or perhaps weeks.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><br>>>><span class=apple-converted-space> </span><br>>>> The PRObE remote access environment will be based on the Emulab testbed-management software developed by the University of Utah (<a href="http://www.emulab.net/">www.emulab.net</a>).<br>>>><span class=apple-converted-space> </span><br>>>> Probe is targeted at the needs of systems researchers in three communities:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><br>>>> - high-end or high performance computing, often publishing in the Supercomputing conference (SC),<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><br>>>> - data-intensive scalable computing, often publishing in the Operating System Design and Implementation conference (OSDI), and<br>>>> - data and storage systems for both, often publishing in the File and Storage Technologies conference (FAST).<span class=apple-converted
-space> </span><br>>>><span class=apple-converted-space> </span><br>>>> We seek nominations for the steering and project selection committee advising PRObE leadership on policies and proposals for allocation of PRObE facilities to research projects. We seek leading systems researchers with experience and continuing interest in large scale research experiments and publishing. In addition to reviewing and advising PRObE leadership on policies and strategic decisions, this committee will allocate resources to proposed projects it deems most compelling.<br>>>><span class=apple-converted-space> </span><br>>>> Please nominate, on or before April 29, 2011, qualified candidates using the web form:<br>>>><span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://newmexicoconsortium.org/probe/committee-nominations">http://newmexicoconsortium.org/probe/committee-nominations</a><br>>>><span class=apple-converted-sp
ace> </span><br>>>> Nominated candidates will be elected using a web voting mechanism on the same web site between May 3 and May 13, 2011.<br>>>><span class=apple-converted-space> </span><br>>>> PRObE is a collaborative effort by the New Mexico Consortium (NMC), Los Alamos National Laboratory, Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Utah, and the University of New Mexico. It is housed at NMC in the Los Alamos Research Park.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><br>>>><span class=apple-converted-space> </span><br>>>> PRObE's leadership team includes:<br>>>> - Gary Grider, Los Alamos National Laboratory<br>>>> - Andree Jacobson, New Mexico Consortium<br>>>> - Katharine Chartrand, New Mexico Consortium<br>>>> - Garth Gibson, Carnegie Mellon University and Panasas Inc.<br>>>> - Robert Ricci, University of Utah<br>><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div
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