[MU Chem Linux Users] Computational Research Update

[Andrew J. Pounds]

As of this morning only henry is functioning.  The ports are 
misconfigured in lab 405.  Once that is fixed I will bring dock back online.

We had several casualties during the move with respect to hard drives 
and memory.  I catalogued the losses this weekend and sent Evelyn 
purchase info.   We also are waiting for some more hardware and 
networking cables for the server room (room 219).    Due to these issues 
the compute farm in the server room is in shambles. As groups of old 
systems come back online I send out notifications and re-enable them in 
the batch scheduler.

The classroom downstairs (room 218) will hopefully be functional in 
WINDOWS by tomorrow.  We are still waiting for the Mathematica renewal 
process to be completed before we can install Mathematica on those 
systems.  That will be done manually probably later this week.  We are a 
long way from having the Linux side configured as it is out of my hands 
at this point.

The new computers for lab 405 are still in boxes.  The plan is to have 8 
computers in that lab with dual monitors.

1. Dock

2. 6 High-end Dell Precision Workstations

3. 1 Dell Precision like those found in lab 218

Believe it or not, with the 8 computers in that room it is going to be a 
little cramped.  I had hoped to get 10 in there but based on my 
measurements that will be uncomfortable. Other than dock, the plan is 
for all of the systems to be dual-boot machines between Windows and 
Linux with the default OS being linux.   Once I get the Windows 
10/CentOS 7 automatic switching mechanism worked out we may set it up so 
the default OS is windows during the day and Linux at night.

Finally, the plan is to mount a TV on the wall with the ability to cast 
to it from any of the computers in the lab.  That is all very much a 
work in progress and I am waiting on the Mercer AV team to mount the TV.

I'll keep you all posted on progress.


-- 
Andrew J. Pounds, Ph.D.  (pounds_aj at mercer.edu)
Professor of Chemistry and Computer Science
Mercer University,  Macon, GA 31207   (478) 301-5627
http://faculty.mercer.edu/pounds_aj