From: Francesca Verdier (fverdier_at_lbl.gov)
Date: 08/19/2008
Dear NERSC PIs and PI Proxies,
ERCAP is now open for 2009 requests.
The deadline for submitting 2009 NERSC proposals is Wednesday, October
1, 2008, 11:59 PM Pacific Time. Award decisions for requests submitted
before this deadline will be emailed to Principal Investigators and PI
Proxies on December 12. Requests made after October 1 will be reviewed
in January.
2009 allocations will be for period January 13, 2009, through January
11, 2010.
Requests to use NERSC 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/. For more information on ERCAP see:
http://www.nersc.gov/nusers/accounts/allocations/ercap/
What's New for 2009?
1. In 2009 MPP charging will be based on the Cray XT4 hour, rather than
the IBM POWER3 hour used in 2008. On the request form you will see
your current MPP usage displayed in Cray XT4 hours, and you should
request time for 2009 using these units as well.
2. Jacquard will be retired after the 2008 allocation year, which ends
January 12. The MPP machines available for 2009 are:
- the Cray XT4, Franklin, which will have a machine charge factor of
1 (the base unit)
- the IBM POWER5, Bassi, which will have a machine charge factor of 1.
- the SGI Altix, DaVinci, which will have a machine charge factor of
0.6.
3. Several of the questions in the Data and Networking section have been
reformatted.
4. The text boxes on the request form now display how many characters
you have entered, and how many remain available to enter.
5. The MPP request limit for startup requests has been increased to
15,000 Cray XT4 hours.
You can read the complete call for proposals at:
http://www.nersc.gov/nusers/accounts/allocations/piletter09.php
Sincerely,
Francesca Verdier email: fverdier@lbl.gov
Department Head, NERSC Services phone: 510-486-7193
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