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Manchester Particle Physics
Policies and Computing Model
Policy on Policies
1. No policy document should be longer than one page
2. It should include details of its implementation and of
ensuring compliance
Implementation:
People will not be expected to read beyond page 1 of
anything we come up with.
Anything we produce will include ‘how’ as well as ‘what’.
Compliance: Chair to check this, with help from others.
Laptops and Desktops
• Every group member is entitled to the use of a laptop or a desktop, or
both if they do a lot of travelling.
• These remain group property, to be returned if/when the member leaves.
• These are low/mid range machines, cost typically £400. Number-crunching
and data analysis is done on clusters.
Implementation: put in newsletter?
Compliance: Fred/Roger/Sabah will not authorise other purchases
• Support will be provided for group standard systems on group standard
platforms. Support for anyone doing anything else is a low priority task
• Standard platforms are currently:…
• Standard systems are currently:…
Implementation: Sabah
Compliance: this meeting
The Grid
• Every group member should have a grid
certificate
• The Grid, especially the local Tier2 centre, should
be used for large computing jobs
• Every assistance should be given to users in
getting to use the Grid
Implementation: Sabah for certificates, Alessandra
and Co. for Grid help
Compliance: Need data on certificates. Usage and
help through Tier 2 meetings and the ticketing
system
Linux clusters
1. The linux/linux8 machines are used for
intensive interactive work
2. These clusters are flat, with all machines
providing an identical environment
3. User response on these machines should be
as rapid as possible
Implementation: Sabah
Compliance: this meeting
Email
1.
Every group member has an account at
<firstname>.<lastname>@hep.manchester.ac.uk
2. Users who wish to use another address may do so, and must
redirect the standard address to point to it, either themselves or
by Sabah
3. All hep.man.ac.uk names will migrate to hep.manchester.ac.uk
4. [email protected] reaches everybody
5. Subgroups (experiment, theory, postdocs…) will be provided as
required, with membership kept up to date and advertised on the
web.
Implementation: Sabah
Compliance: Check addresses at Christmas meeting? Subgroups need
webmaster
Video Conferencing
• Group members are encouraged to use Skype for
phone calls (1-1 and small groups) and 1-1 video
conferencing
• Members are encouraged to put their Skype
contact details on the group web pages
• ESNET is the standard for video conferencing.
Everyone should have the equipment on their
laptop/desktop and know how to use it
Implementation: Sabah, group members –
newsletter article? Web page with instructions?
Compliance: All
Web pages
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Our web pages are the definitive information source for
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Group membership
Email addresses and phone numbers
Preprints
Seminars
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They are also a shop window to the outside world
Every page should have a responsible author listed
Authors should keep their web pages up to date
Group members have a personal home page and are encouraged
to use it
Implementation: everybody, especially page authors
Compliance: need web Csar – Andrew? Personal web pages are very
variable and may need encouragement by a Thursday seminar?
Information Systems
1. The group Indico server is used for arranging
meetings
2. Every group member should be known to the
Indico server
3. Use of the group calendar for personal
scheduling is encouraged and will hopefully
grow
4. We have a group Wiki and need to consider in
what way it is separate from the general web
pages
Implementation: Point 2 needs doing
Printing
• Members should be able to print documents
and get rapid (essentially instant) output from
the central printers
• People needing to produce confidential
documents (e.g. exam papers) can have
printers in their offices
Implementation: there are problems and we
need to understand them. Printing is often a
struggle
More…
• Over to everyone else…