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Long term proxies with gLite

Mar 25, 2011

A persistent problem experienced with proxies expiring for long term jobs on the SAGrid VO has been resolved. A user must create a proxy in order to submit jobs to the Grid. However the proxy will expire after a pre-determined…

Language modelling on the grid

Mar 23, 2011

application, sagrid

Using the grid for language modelling: http://trulymadlywordly.blogspot.com/2011/03/language-modelling-on-grid.html …

North West University (ZA-NWU) Reconnected to the Grid

Feb 17, 2011

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Today SAGrid Core Services resolved a problem with NWU SiteBDII not reporting correctly to the TopBDII. The problem was related to an upgrade procedure, not very well documented, between IG release versions. As of ig_15 gLite 3.2, a site is…

Integration of 2 or more similar node types using gLite 3.2

Feb 14, 2011

gLite, sagrid

This week SAGrid Core Services added an additional computing element (CE) to their site. This may sound like a complicated task but can be achieved in a few easy steps. The reason you would want this setup is to facilitate…

Sharing resources with Grid technology

Jan 27, 2011

hpc, sagrid

The screen capture below is a good example of how ICTS's HPC is contributing towards the research community in South Africa through SAGrid. Grid technology, in this instance the gLite middleware, allows portions of an HPC cluster to be…

UI storage element issue corrected

Jan 18, 2011

gLite, sagrid

Fixed an issue on the UCT user interface relating to lcg-infosites that was preventing the storage elements from being published.…

Mount Etna

Jan 14, 2011

sagrid

Mount Etna is having another violent eruption. If the INFN drops off the grid in the near future here is the reason...

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Top level BDII error

Jan 14, 2011

gLite, sagrid

Corrected a config error which was preventing the Wits University site from publishing its details to the core SAGrid services. Wits is now visible again:

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Multi threaded programming and SAGrid CRL error

Jan 12, 2011

hpc, MPI, programming, sagrid

Investigated mixed cluster options with multiple queues for Torque. Brief test of OMP - successful. Started investigating MPI. Fixed an issue with SAGrid: The WMS had lost access to the internet due to a proxy change hence CRL downloads were…

NWU site admin training course

Nov 26, 2010

gLite, sagrid

Timothy and Andrew attended a site administrators course in Potch over the last 3 days. The focus was on doing higher level site admin training and to thrash out some problems we've been experiencing on SAGrid. The closing session included…

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