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| Subject: |
2005 Call for Proposals for NERSC and MSCF Resources |
| Author: |
Francesca Verdier <fverdier_at_lbl.gov> |
| Date: |
2004-06-30 21:51:05 |
| Note: you may to prefer to read this call online at:
http://www.nersc.gov/nusers/accounts/allocations/piletter05.html
The DOE Office of Science solicits proposals for large allocations of
computing resources at NERSC for the period December 1, 2004 through
November 30, 2005. In addition, computing resources are being made
available to the Office of Science allocation process from PNNL's
Molecular Science Computing Facility MSCF (<http://mscf.emsl.pnl.gov/>).
The deadline for submitting proposals is midnight, Wednesday September
1, 2004.
2005 allocations will be made for the following Office of Science resources:
1. Seaborg <http://www.nersc.gov/nusers/resources/SP/>, an IBM Power3
SP at NERSC with 6,080 computational processors.
2. A new computational machine at NERSC. This new system is expected
to deliver at least 15% of the performance of Seaborg. The target
workload is the set of codes that have problems scaling efficiently on
Seaborg and which are typically run on 32 to 256 Seaborg
processors. 55.5 million SP3-equivalent hours will be allocated for
both Seaborg and the new system. The two systems will share a common
allocation.
3. MPP2, an HP Itanium-2 Linux system at the Molecular Science
Computing Facility (MSCF) at Pacific Northwest National Lab. MPP2 has
1,960 processors. Five percent of the MPP2 resources (730,000 raw
hours) will be allocated by the Office of Science. The rest of the
time is allocated directly by the MSCF.
4. HPSS, NERSC's Mass Storage System. 14 million Storage Resource
Units will be allocated.
Requests to use these DOE Office of Science resources are submitted via
a web form known as the ERCAP (Energy Research Computing Allocations
Process) Request Form. ERCAP is accessed through the NERSC Information
Management (NIM) system at http://nim.nersc.gov/.
In addition, requests to use the NERSC's Parallel Distributed Systems
Facility (PDSF) and to renew PDSF projects are part of the ERCAP Form.
PDSF awards, however, are handled separately from ERCAP. See Account
Information for PDSF.
The 2005 ERCAP interface opens on Wednesday, June 30, 2004. The deadline
to submit requests is midnight Wednesday, September 1, 2004. Award
decisions for requests submitted before this deadline will be emailed to
Principal Investigators on November 11. Requests made after September 1
will be reviewed in December.
For more information on ERCAP see:
http://www.nersc.gov/nusers/accounts/allocations/ercap/
What's new for 2005
-------------------
1. Resources are no longer allocated for the federal fiscal year but
rather for an "allocation year". The 2005 allocation year runs from
December 1, 2004 through November 30, 2005. The 2004 allocation year
runs through November 30, 2004.
2. As described above, the DOE Office of Science is using ERCAP to
allocate 5 percent of the MPP2 resources at PNNL's Molecular Science
Computing Facility.
3. The code performance questions on the Request Form have been modified
to collect information about each code separately. Please read Help for
the ERCAP Code Description questions at:
http://www.nersc.gov/nusers/accounts/allocations/ercap/codehelp.php
4. The COmputational Review Panel (CORP) will review SciDAC projects
this year. The following production-level requests will be reviewed by
the CORP:
* Projects requesting 400,000 or more SP-equivalent hours or 100,000
or more Storage Resource Units.
* Projects requesting more than 150% of what they were awarded in
2004.
* New projects and projects that have not yet been reviewed by the
CORP.
* Projects for which the PI requests a review: by sending email to:
fverdier@lbl.gov.
Eligibility
-----------
NERSC and the MSCF support research that reflects the mission of DOE's
Office of Science (DOE SC). See:
http://www.nersc.gov/nusers/accounts/allocations/ercap/mission.php. All
Principal Investigators funded by the Office of Science may apply for an
allocation of NERSC and MSCF resources. In addition, researchers who
aren't directly funded by DOE SC but with projects that are relevant to
its mission may also apply to use NERSC resources. Up to seven percent
of NERSC's resources may be awarded to relevant projects that aren't
directly funded by the Office of Science.
New Principal Investigators
---------------------------
New PIs must fill out the ERCAP Access Request web form at:
http://www.nersc.gov/nusers/accounts/allocations/ercap/nimpiform.php.
They must also fill out and fax back NERSC's Computer Use Policies Form
at: http://www.nersc.gov/nusers/accounts/usage.php Once this is done the
Account Support group will notify the person(s) of their NIM login name
and password.
Accessing the ERCAP Request Form
The ERCAP request form is accessed from NIM at http://nim.nersc.gov. You
log into NIM using one of your NERSC login names (this can be an SP or
HPSS login name, or a "NIM only" login name) and your NIM password. If
you have forgotten your NIM password please contact the Account Support
Office at 1-800-66-NERSC menu option 2, or 1-510-486-8612.
After you have logged into NIM select My ERCAP Requests from the My
Stuff pulldown menu If you made a request in 2004 you will see it in the
ERCAP Request List frame. To renew an existing 2004 project for 2005
click on its renew link (located at the right end of the row for that
project).
To continue working on a proposal you have previously saved use the edit
link.
If you have a new project and want new project accounts (repositories)
scroll to the bottom of the ERCAP Request List and:
* If you want your new project to be active before November 30, 2004
select Click here to create a new 2004 project request (ends Nov 30,
2004). Note that there are no resources to allocate to new production
requests for the remainder of allocation year 2004, so this option is
mostly for new Startup requests. However, if you have a new DOE project
and would like to get started at NERSC before December, you may apply
for a new 2004 Startup project and then renew this new project as a
Production request for 2005. Please contact fverdier@lbl.gov for
details.
* if you want your new project to become active on December 1, 2005
select Click here to create a new 2005 project request (starts Dec 1,
2004).
The questions on the 2005 request form are divided into several
sections. Each section is grouped under a tab. When you first renew a
previous year's request, or when you first create a new request, you
will be in the first tab, called Project Overview. The other tabs are
not clickable until you have saved the Project Overview; after which you
can click on any tab in any order.
You MUST click the "Save" button at the bottom of each section in order
to save your work in that section before selecting another tab.
Note that some of the questions on the Request Form have an (for
information) icon associated with then; you can click this icon to get
more detailed instructions for that question.
For more help:
http://www.nersc.gov/nusers/accounts/allocations/ercap/help.php
Designating proxies to fill out the Request Form
------------------------------------------------
Principal Investigators can designate one or more "PI Proxies" who write
the request form for the PI (or in conjunction with the PI). If you used
a PI Proxy last year, this person already has access to your request(s)
as a Proxy. You can check whether one of your repos has a PI Proxy
associated with it by entering the repo name in the box under Repository
in NIM's main menu and clicking Go.
If you need a new PI Proxy please fill out the ERCAP Access Request web
form at:
http://www.nersc.gov/nusers/accounts/allocations/ercap/nimpiform.php or
contact support@nersc.gov.
New PI Proxies must fill out and fax back NERSC's Computer Use Policies
Form at: http://www.nersc.gov/nusers/accounts/usage.php.
Help
----
If you need help filling out a request form please contact a NERSC
consultant at 1-800-66-NERSC menu option 3, 1-510-486-8611, or
consult@nersc.gov. If you have forgotten your NIM password please
contact the Account Support Office at 1-800-66-NERSC menu option 2, or
1-510-486-8612.
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