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Planning |
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Discovery/ Overview mtg | 1.5 hrs |
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Vet options and conduct needs analysis to match to hardware order | 1-2 weeks |
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Specify exactly the systems to order within budget. Includes iterating with vendor experts. | 1 week |
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Approval | 0 days |
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Order & Installation |
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Place & Process order | 1/2 week |
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Delivery, after order is placed at Cornell | ~3 weeks |
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Receive order and set-up hardware in 248 Baker Lab | 1 week |
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Build New Cluster |
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Get head node and 1st cluster node operational with OS and cluster management software | 3 weeks |
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Test / Verify / Approval | 1 week |
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Convert Old Cluster |
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Move user accounts and data | 1 week |
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Move old nodes to new cluster |
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- Lulu becomes available ~mid-September
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- or early Oct, as of 8/21/13.
- See unknowns, above, which related to tasks which will obviously take additional time to accomplish.
Other provisioning models and related ideas
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