[daip] AIPS

[Eric Greisen]

Glenn Morrison writes:
 > Hi Eric,
 > 
 > I will be moving to Tucson and working for NOAO. They have (or will 
 > have)  the following system and I was wondering if it will run AIPS. 
 > Please let me know your opinion or if you need additional info to make 
 > an assessment.


         AIPS is not coded to make use of multiple machines for a
single user aips session.  You can use each LInux box separately and
can share disks with proper setup.

Eric Greisen

 > 
 > -Thanks
 > 
 > --Glenn
 > 
 > 
 > One thing I'm thinking about doing is assembling a modest cluster of
 > 
 > Linux machines with lots of disk space, linked by a fast ethernet
 > 
 > back plane.  We have something like that in Balto for GOODS and
 > 
 > it's been very useful.  I talked a bit to the NOAO computer guy,
 > 
 > Steve Grandi, and he's very comfortable setting up and supporting
 > 
 > things like this - quite a few other groups have done this at NOAO.
 > 
 > I'd very much welcome your help planning this system, so that we'll
 > 
 > have whatever we/you need.  That can be the main computing
 > 
 > engine, with maybe 4-5 nodes, each dual processors, and a lot
 > 
 > of disk space.   
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > Re AIPS - the system we built at STScI isn't really a "cluster"
 > 
 > in any architectural sense, just a bunch of fast PCs co-located in
 > 
 > a rack with fast connections between them.  I'd imagine that AIPS
 > 
 > will work on this but we'll make sure it does.
 >  
 > 
 > 
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