2018 05 30

RCT Links:

• Issues in RP/RU/RS/RA v0.48
• Issues in EnTK 0.5
• Open issues updated since last meeting

RP/RS/RU:

• Ioannis:
  • TODO AM: timeline for implementing partitions
  • RS troubles on SAGA (heterogeneous cluster)
• Jumana
  • EnTK troubles
    • only first stage, then PIKA/RMQ problems
    • also scaling issues (ID limits?)
  • impact on paper timelines, but initial data exists
  • BW ok for JD, not for Kristof, not sure about the difference
• George
  • streaming experiments:
    • deadline on June 18
    • looking into Lustre behavior
• Vivek:
  • rebuttal

Any Other Business:

• GPU release
  • end of week
  • after prof fix
  • documentation: how to run examples on remote machines
• Partitioning
  • VB:
    • API ok
    • revisit use case 'watcher unit'?
    • scalability -> multiple current agents
    • PENDING -> STARTING?
    • API can be kept backward compatible
    • introduces new failur e mode
    • we need more test coverage first, lower priority
      • AM: partial implementations to stretch over time
  • JD:
    • no partitioning of disk space? :-)
  • IP:
    • partition description
      • be specific about partition sizes, not something like 50%
    • direct binding
  • VB
    • auto-account of agent nodes?
      • AM: consider
    • will agents compete for resources?
      • AM: maybe
  • Timelines
    • only active use case: Iannis
    • target: end of summer?
    • timeline for stability / testing:
    • priority on ensuring correctness (versus good failure modes)
    • extend testing to EnTK
    • TODO VB: wishlist for test coverage
    • TODO AM: list of partial releases (configs, bootstrap, ...)