From: Stanton Pyburn Champion [sman@owlnet.rice.edu]
Sent: Friday, November 10, 2000 11:25 AM
To: Joseph R. Cavallaro
Subject: Servers


You asked about the current status of the Owlnet servers.  This
information is current as of 11/10/2000.  Eventually, it will become
outdated, so you might periodically update it.

long-eared and short-eared -- As of this morning, these two are the
fastest Owlnet servers at Rice.  The are both 220R machines with dual
processors and 2GB of RAM.  It is my understanding that these machines are
available for any interactive usage (Matlab, Magic, etc).  Long running
background jobs should not be run here.

forest and jungle -- These are also fairly new machines, being Ultra 250
class servers with 1 GB of RAM and two processors each.  Also for
interactive jobs, these machines are perfect for any day to day things
that need to be done on Owlnet.

great-gray and great-horned -- These are also Ultra 250s, but they are
newer and faster than forest and jungle.  These machine are reserved for
background jobs, so long running simulations should go here (defined as no
interaction for a period longer than 5-10 minutes).  They both have plenty
of horsepower to do this.

ural and verm -- These are now the slowest Owlnet servers (they're just
souped up Ultra 1s, similar to those in the Owlnet labs).  Background jobs
should also be run here, but they will be slower.

Stanton