[NLPL Task Force (A)] [uninett.no #193602] access to Saga; storage interfaces

[Bjørn-Helge Mevik via RT]

Sorry for the delay on this one (too).

On Mon, 02 Sep 2019 17:44:19 +0200, oe at ifi.uio.no wrote:
 
> my colleagues back home are asking about re-gaining access to Saga,
> because they have some experiments they want to plan.  i see that
> Saga already is accessible for assignment of users in the metacenter,
> hence are wondering whether there is a date set for when Saga will
> open for regular usage?

I guess you have found out through other means, but Saga is open for regular usage now.

> finally, a question about the storage philosophy on Saga: i had kind
> of expected that, like Fram, our NIRD project storage would be visible
> (if read-only) on Saga, but at least during the trial period that was
> not the case.  what are the expectations regarding access of NIRD data
> from Saga?

There are some technical issues to be solved, but the plan is to have it just as on Fram: The login nodes will mount the NIRD project areas.

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Regards,
Bjørn-Helge Mevik, dr. scient,
Department for Research Computing, USIT