Ethics/Proposal

10/28/06 Categories: Scheduling Priority for Clusters Questions

* How to determine * Priority basis 1. Class 2. Students 3. Professors * Diminishing returns (Netflix style) * Sun-Grid Engine 1. Cost-benefit 2. Ease of install 3. Administration time 4. Less time considered in using queue * Dynamic priority scheduling? 1. Time of year 2. Repeated failures (debugging) 3. Research vs. cluster fun! 4. Professor vs. student * Old cluster vs New cluster usage and applications * Penalties for crashing

Contracts with Users Questions

* New software installation procedure * Uptime guarantee * Notifications of downtime and slow periods * User groups * Determination of groups * Group privileges * Access privileges * Formality of contract * Troubleshooting, upgrades * Level of support, maintenance (Student workers, IT, department?, India) * Dealing with PEBCAK Errors

Root and sudo Privileges Questions

* Who gets 'em? * Range of access, customized sudo access * Qualifications for use, computer literacy? * Standardized test * Just cause for privilege revocation