2014 04 03

• Who: Mark, Matteo, Shantenu, Ole, AndreM, Antons

• Agenda:

  • open TODOs
    • TODO OW: work toward release (output staging)
    • DONE AM: integrate with new Jenkins
    • DONE AM: follow up with Scott Michael
    • TODO OW: get quantitative EnMDTK requirements
    • TODO AM: define MS7 features after agent arch discussion
  • pilot agent re-architecture discussion

• Notes:

  • milestone 7:
    • stability, performance, portability
      • cray (not critical)
      • mpi support (must)
      • limits on agent (must, discuss together with cray, mpi)
      • error reporting / exception handling between worker thread and API
    • SJ: MS goal: support EnMDTK
      • mostly known
      • x000 cores, (intra-node, inter-node?) mpi
      • share input data
  • Discussion:
    • Re Scott Michael: BigRed: Cray @ Indiana
    • TODO SJ: check with Scott about access
    • MS: pattern performance for MTMS
    • TODO AM: really need micro benchmarks for RP
    • TODO OW: specific perf req data via EnMDTK call
    • TODO AM: radical.pilot scheduling as agenda item
    • TODO AM: re-check 2048 ceiling
  • planned agent features: MPI, perf, cray (ordered by priority)
  • OSG not top priority
  • TODO AM: agenda: what role plays scheduling on agent level?
  • full MPI support: will need weeks (OW), hard for mid May
  • MPI hack (within a single node) should be quick