in order to better understand the possible requirements for teragrid to accommodate the needs of...
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In order to better understand the possible requirements for TeraGrid to accommodate the needs of users who would like to use multiple resources across their requested allocation, this survey has been created to facilitate input from existing and potential TeraGrid users. The answers to the questions below will allow TeraGrid to better determine the specific details of the various users' requirements and how the concept of "multi-resource" usage would impact and/or facilitate a user's research.
Would your research benefit from the use of multiple resources?
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Can your code be used on multiple architectures?
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Can you predict how much time you would want on each machine?YesNoFail-over if main machine is downOther (please specify)
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Do you need assistance to use multiple sites? YesNo
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How would access to multiple resources help your work?Benchmarking a code across many resourcesExploratory workI'm a campus champion, and I want the ability to help campus users explore different resourcesFlexibility - search for shortest queue (site shopping)Flexibility - submit to multiple resources simultaneously (multi-site run)Flexibility - co-locate computing with data location (move computing to data)None of these would be of use to me.Other (please specify)
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Do you know which architecture best suits your application? YesNoNot Sure
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Do you need to tune/test your application on multiple architectures?YesNo
No
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How critical is the ability to tune/test your application on multiple architectures?
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Are you a current TeraGrid user?YesNo
No
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Currently TeraGrid has the concept of "roaming" which is defined as the ability for a single group (or subgroup) of SUs (unit of measure for TeraGrid resources) provided as part of a user's allocation to be utilized across a group of pre-determined resources without the need to identify ahead of time what percentage of the allocation will be used on each resource in the group.
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Have you requested roaming allocations in the past? YesNo
No
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Did you use the Roaming Allocation?YesNo
No
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If you didn't use your roaming allocation, what happened?
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In what phase of the process did you know what resources your application needed? Before the start-up allocationAfter the start-up allocationBefore the Quarterly TRAC allocationAfter the Quarterly TRAC allocation
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Do you need to share SUs across multiple resources?YesNo
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Do you have any other suggestions on How TeraGrid could accommodate multi-site allocations and how those allocations might be more useful to TeraGrid’s user population(s)?
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Your contact information:Name: Company: Email Address: Phone Number:
Surveryor information (if applicable):Name: Email Address:
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Thank you for your time in taking this survey.
