I have started working on a request for new facilities for RAS. As I am not familiar with cloud computing, and Thomas suggested we use that, I have read some about it. I do not quite see why we would want to use that. My understanding is that its main benefit is to avoid buying and maintaining hardware. This is useful when 1) you do not have the means for big expenses, 2) you do not have the ability to maintain systems and 3) if your computing power needs are very variable over time. You can then avoid spending much for peak loads. I have little worry for 1) and 2), as the St. Louis Fed can buy and maintain. As for 3), our needs are much less cyclical than we think, and by doing it intelligently, can be completely smoothed by making automatic searches load dependent. Cloud computing may make more sense for the centrality project, but given that it uses the same data as RAS, it would actually make better sense to put it on the same machine as well. Hence, I am tending towards requesting a really powerful machine that could handle RAS and centrality, trying to figure out the specs needed for 2 million templates, 50000 authors and 1.2 million author claims, essentially double what we have now. I akm thinking of adding some essential new functionalities to RAS, but none would require any substantial coumputer resources. Comments? Christian Zimmermann FIGUGEGL! Department of Economics University of Connecticut 341 Mansfield Road, Unit 1063 Storrs, CT 06269-1063 http://ideas.repec.org/zimm/ christian.zimmermann@uconn.edu http://ideas.repec.org/e/pzi1.html
Christian Zimmermann writes
Cloud computing may make more sense for the centrality project, but given that it uses the same data as RAS, it would actually make better sense to put it on the same machine as well.
Not really, I think we should get a separate machine for that. The centrality project software will also be applied to AuthorClaim data, and St. Louis Fed may not want to have it there. Cheers, Thomas Krichel http://openlib.org/home/krichel http://authorclaim.org/profile/pkr1 skype: thomaskrichel
Christian Zimmermann writes
I have little worry for 1) and 2), as the St. Louis Fed can buy and maintain.
But will they offer access from outside? Will we be able to backup onto it and from it? Cheers, Thomas Krichel http://openlib.org/home/krichel http://authorclaim.org/profile/pkr1 skype: thomaskrichel
Outside access needs indeed to be clarified. That is why I wanted to wait to be on location so that I can influence things. Backup of the machine will be taken care of professionally to an outside location. Feds are very serious about this. On Sun, 9 Jan 2011, Thomas Krichel wrote:
Christian Zimmermann writes
I have little worry for 1) and 2), as the St. Louis Fed can buy and maintain.
But will they offer access from outside? Will we be able to backup onto it and from it?
Cheers,
Thomas Krichel http://openlib.org/home/krichel http://authorclaim.org/profile/pkr1 skype: thomaskrichel
Christian Zimmermann writes
Outside access needs indeed to be clarified. That is why I wanted to wait to be on location so that I can influence things. Backup of the machine will be taken care of professionally to an outside location. Feds are very serious about this.
So you will not back up the rest of RePEc and the rest of RePEc will not back you up? Cheers, Thomas Krichel http://openlib.org/home/krichel http://authorclaim.org/profile/pkr1 skype: thomaskrichel
On Sun, 9 Jan 2011, Thomas Krichel wrote:
Christian Zimmermann writes
Outside access needs indeed to be clarified. That is why I wanted to wait to be on location so that I can influence things. Backup of the machine will be taken care of professionally to an outside location. Feds are very serious about this.
So you will not back up the rest of RePEc and the rest of RePEc will not back you up?
Anything in RePEc archives and anything that RAS uses will be backed up. Except for NEP, is there more? In any case, these are all things to talk about. I was hoping to do this while there.
Cheers,
Thomas Krichel http://openlib.org/home/krichel http://authorclaim.org/profile/pkr1 skype: thomaskrichel
Christian Zimmermann writes
That is why I wanted to wait to be on location so that I can influence things.
I think this is the right approach. Until then we will have to go through a rough patch. I have spent 5 days on this story and don't want to spend more. But I urge you to reboot nebka to exclude that it is a disk issue. Cheers, Thomas Krichel http://openlib.org/home/krichel http://authorclaim.org/profile/pkr1 skype: thomaskrichel
I'll see what I can do tomorrow. It will be the first day in a month where I am more than a few hours on campus, but I have several meetings scheduled. On Sun, 9 Jan 2011, Thomas Krichel wrote:
Christian Zimmermann writes
That is why I wanted to wait to be on location so that I can influence things.
I think this is the right approach. Until then we will have to go through a rough patch. I have spent 5 days on this story and don't want to spend more. But I urge you to reboot nebka to exclude that it is a disk issue.
Cheers,
Thomas Krichel http://openlib.org/home/krichel http://authorclaim.org/profile/pkr1 skype: thomaskrichel
Oh, and during the reboot, rid is the only thing that I need to turn off and on, tight? On Sun, 9 Jan 2011, Christian Zimmermann wrote:
I'll see what I can do tomorrow. It will be the first day in a month where I am more than a few hours on campus, but I have several meetings scheduled.
On Sun, 9 Jan 2011, Thomas Krichel wrote:
Christian Zimmermann writes
That is why I wanted to wait to be on location so that I can influence things.
I think this is the right approach. Until then we will have to go through a rough patch. I have spent 5 days on this story and don't want to spend more. But I urge you to reboot nebka to exclude that it is a disk issue.
Cheers,
Thomas Krichel http://openlib.org/home/krichel http://authorclaim.org/profile/pkr1 skype: thomaskrichel
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Christian Zimmermann writes
Oh, and during the reboot, rid is the only thing that I need to turn off and on, tight?
Yes. I can set up a patch that will turn it on automagically. I have this on tiu and sahure. Cheers, Thomas Krichel http://openlib.org/home/krichel http://authorclaim.org/profile/pkr1 skype: thomaskrichel
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