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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>SimFactory</title><link>http://www.cct.lsu.edu/~eschnett/SimFactory/</link><description>Performing large three-dimensional time-dependent simulations is a complex numerical task. Managing such simulations, often several at the same time as they execute on different supercomputers, is comparable to herding cats — supercomputers differ in their hardware configuration, available software, directory structure, queueing systems, queuing policies, and many other relevant properties.

However, these differences are only superficial, and the basic capabilities of supercomputers are very similar. The simulation factory contains a set of abstractions of the tasks which are necessary to set up and successfully finish numerical simulations using the Cactus framework. These abstractions hide tedious low-level management tasks, they capture "best practices" of experienced users, and they create a log trail ensuring repeatable and well-documented scientific results. Using these abstractions, many types of potentially disastrous user errors are avoided, and different supercomputers can be used in a uniform manner.</description><cloud path="/RPC2" domain="cia.vc" protocol="xml-rpc" port="80" registerProcedure="stats.subscribe.rss2" /><item><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 19:41:35 +0000</pubDate><guid>http://cia.vc/stats/project/SimFactory/.message/a3495</guid><link>http://cia.vc/stats/project/SimFactory/.message/a3495</link><description>         &lt;div style="border: 1px solid #888; background-color: #DDD; padding: 0.25em 0.5em; margin: 0em;"&gt;              Commit by &lt;strong&gt;eschnett&lt;/strong&gt;                          &lt;span style="color: #888;"&gt; :: &lt;/span&gt;                          r&lt;b&gt;1356&lt;/b&gt;             &lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;/trunk/README:                      &lt;/div&gt;         &lt;div style="padding: 0em; margin: 0.5em 0em;"&gt;             Add a README         &lt;/div&gt;     </description><title>Add a README</title></item><item><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 13:03:03 +0000</pubDate><guid>http://cia.vc/stats/project/SimFactory/.message/a33b1</guid><link>http://cia.vc/stats/project/SimFactory/.message/a33b1</link><description>         &lt;div style="border: 1px solid #888; background-color: #DDD; padding: 0.25em 0.5em; margin: 0em;"&gt;              Commit by &lt;strong&gt;eschnett&lt;/strong&gt;                          &lt;span style="color: #888;"&gt; :: &lt;/span&gt;                          r&lt;b&gt;1355&lt;/b&gt;             &lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;/branches/PYSIM_2010/mdb/machines/kraken.ini:                      &lt;/div&gt;         &lt;div style="padding: 0em; margin: 0.5em 0em;"&gt;             Update Kraken alias pattern         &lt;/div&gt;     </description><title>Update Kraken alias pattern</title></item><item><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 20:41:39 +0000</pubDate><guid>http://cia.vc/stats/project/SimFactory/.message/a17c9</guid><link>http://cia.vc/stats/project/SimFactory/.message/a17c9</link><description>         &lt;div style="border: 1px solid #888; background-color: #DDD; padding: 0.25em 0.5em; margin: 0em;"&gt;              Commit by &lt;strong&gt;eschnett&lt;/strong&gt;                          &lt;span style="color: #888;"&gt; :: &lt;/span&gt;                          r&lt;b&gt;1354&lt;/b&gt;             &lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;/branches/PYSIM_2010/mdb/optionlists/ (45 files):                      &lt;/div&gt;         &lt;div style="padding: 0em; margin: 0.5em 0em;"&gt;             Disable VECTORISE_ALIGNED_ARRAYS         &lt;/div&gt;     </description><title>Disable VECTORISE_ALIGNED_ARRAYS</title></item><item><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 08:20:55 +0000</pubDate><guid>http://cia.vc/stats/project/SimFactory/.message/a16c9</guid><link>http://cia.vc/stats/project/SimFactory/.message/a16c9</link><description>         &lt;div style="border: 1px solid #888; background-color: #DDD; padding: 0.25em 0.5em; margin: 0em;"&gt;              Commit by &lt;strong&gt;hinder&lt;/strong&gt;                          &lt;span style="color: #888;"&gt; :: &lt;/span&gt;                          r&lt;b&gt;1353&lt;/b&gt;             &lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;/branches/ET_2011_05/optionlists/kraken.cfg:                      &lt;/div&gt;         &lt;div style="padding: 0em; margin: 0.5em 0em;"&gt;             Update kraken.cfg to use /sw/xt instead of /sw/xt5         &lt;/div&gt;     </description><title>Update kraken.cfg to use /sw/xt instead of /sw/xt5</title></item><item><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 08:17:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>http://cia.vc/stats/project/SimFactory/.message/a15e6</guid><link>http://cia.vc/stats/project/SimFactory/.message/a15e6</link><description>         &lt;div style="border: 1px solid #888; background-color: #DDD; padding: 0.25em 0.5em; margin: 0em;"&gt;              Commit by &lt;strong&gt;hinder&lt;/strong&gt;                          &lt;span style="color: #888;"&gt; :: &lt;/span&gt;                          r&lt;b&gt;1352&lt;/b&gt;             &lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;/trunk/optionlists/kraken.cfg:                      &lt;/div&gt;         &lt;div style="padding: 0em; margin: 0.5em 0em;"&gt;             Update kraken.cfg to use /sw/xt instead of /sw/xt5         &lt;/div&gt;     </description><title>Update kraken.cfg to use /sw/xt instead of /sw/xt5</title></item><item><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 13:23:43 +0000</pubDate><guid>http://cia.vc/stats/project/SimFactory/.message/a1496</guid><link>http://cia.vc/stats/project/SimFactory/.message/a1496</link><description>         &lt;div style="border: 1px solid #888; background-color: #DDD; padding: 0.25em 0.5em; margin: 0em;"&gt;              Commit by &lt;strong&gt;hinder&lt;/strong&gt;                          &lt;span style="color: #888;"&gt; :: &lt;/span&gt;                          r&lt;b&gt;1351&lt;/b&gt;             &lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;/trunk/optionlists/ (damiana.cfg datura.cfg):                      &lt;/div&gt;         &lt;div style="padding: 0em; margin: 0.5em 0em;"&gt;             Add -rdynamic option for Damiana and Datura         &lt;/div&gt;     </description><title>Add -rdynamic option for Damiana and Datura</title></item><item><pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 16:33:30 +0000</pubDate><guid>http://cia.vc/stats/project/SimFactory/.message/a12f2</guid><link>http://cia.vc/stats/project/SimFactory/.message/a12f2</link><description>         &lt;div style="border: 1px solid #888; background-color: #DDD; padding: 0.25em 0.5em; margin: 0em;"&gt;              Commit by &lt;strong&gt;svn_bwardell&lt;/strong&gt;                          &lt;span style="color: #888;"&gt; :: &lt;/span&gt;                          r&lt;b&gt;1350&lt;/b&gt;             &lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;/branches/PYSIM_2010/mdb/machines/ (damiana.ini datura.ini):                      &lt;/div&gt;         &lt;div style="padding: 0em; margin: 0.5em 0em;"&gt;             Use a machine specific sourcebasedir for Damiana and Datura.         &lt;/div&gt;     </description><title>Use a machine specific sourcebasedir for Damiana and Datura.</title></item><item><pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 15:28:02 +0000</pubDate><guid>http://cia.vc/stats/project/SimFactory/.message/a121b</guid><link>http://cia.vc/stats/project/SimFactory/.message/a121b</link><description>         &lt;div style="border: 1px solid #888; background-color: #DDD; padding: 0.25em 0.5em; margin: 0em;"&gt;              Commit by &lt;strong&gt;eschnett&lt;/strong&gt;                          &lt;span style="color: #888;"&gt; :: &lt;/span&gt;                          r&lt;b&gt;1349&lt;/b&gt;             &lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;/branches/PYSIM_2010/mdb/optionlists/datura.cfg:                      &lt;/div&gt;         &lt;div style="padding: 0em; margin: 0.5em 0em;"&gt;             Beautify         &lt;/div&gt;     </description><title>Beautify</title></item><item><pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 23:21:33 +0000</pubDate><guid>http://cia.vc/stats/project/SimFactory/.message/a1143</guid><link>http://cia.vc/stats/project/SimFactory/.message/a1143</link><description>         &lt;div style="border: 1px solid #888; background-color: #DDD; padding: 0.25em 0.5em; margin: 0em;"&gt;              Commit by &lt;strong&gt;eschnett&lt;/strong&gt;                          &lt;span style="color: #888;"&gt; :: &lt;/span&gt;                          r&lt;b&gt;1348&lt;/b&gt;             &lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;/branches/PYSIM_2010/lib/restartlib.py:                      &lt;/div&gt;         &lt;div style="padding: 0em; margin: 0.5em 0em;"&gt;             Add comments to GetMaxJobID         &lt;/div&gt;     </description><title>Add comments to GetMaxJobID</title></item><item><pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 23:21:11 +0000</pubDate><guid>http://cia.vc/stats/project/SimFactory/.message/a1005</guid><link>http://cia.vc/stats/project/SimFactory/.message/a1005</link><description>         &lt;div style="border: 1px solid #888; background-color: #DDD; padding: 0.25em 0.5em; margin: 0em;"&gt;              Commit by &lt;strong&gt;eschnett&lt;/strong&gt;                          &lt;span style="color: #888;"&gt; :: &lt;/span&gt;                          r&lt;b&gt;1347&lt;/b&gt;             &lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;/branches/PYSIM_2010/lib/simrestart.py:                      &lt;/div&gt;         &lt;div style="padding: 0em; margin: 0.5em 0em;"&gt;             Chain onto the next-to-maximum restart, not onto the maximum restart,&lt;br /&gt;because the maximum restart is the one just being created.         &lt;/div&gt;     </description><title>Chain onto the next-to-maximum restart, not onto the maximum restart, because...</title></item><item><pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 21:43:38 +0000</pubDate><guid>http://cia.vc/stats/project/SimFactory/.message/a0e7f</guid><link>http://cia.vc/stats/project/SimFactory/.message/a0e7f</link><description>         &lt;div style="border: 1px solid #888; background-color: #DDD; padding: 0.25em 0.5em; margin: 0em;"&gt;              Commit by &lt;strong&gt;svn_bwardell&lt;/strong&gt;                          &lt;span style="color: #888;"&gt; :: &lt;/span&gt;                          r&lt;b&gt;1346&lt;/b&gt;             &lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;/branches/PYSIM_2010/lib/ (restartlib.py simrestart.py):                      &lt;/div&gt;         &lt;div style="padding: 0em; margin: 0.5em 0em;"&gt;             Fix job chaining when more than one job is in the queue.         &lt;/div&gt;     </description><title>Fix job chaining when more than one job is in the queue.</title></item><item><pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 21:08:56 +0000</pubDate><guid>http://cia.vc/stats/project/SimFactory/.message/a0db8</guid><link>http://cia.vc/stats/project/SimFactory/.message/a0db8</link><description>         &lt;div style="border: 1px solid #888; background-color: #DDD; padding: 0.25em 0.5em; margin: 0em;"&gt;              Commit by &lt;strong&gt;eschnett&lt;/strong&gt;                          &lt;span style="color: #888;"&gt; :: &lt;/span&gt;                          r&lt;b&gt;1345&lt;/b&gt;             &lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;/branches/PYSIM_2010/etc/ssh_known_hosts:                      &lt;/div&gt;         &lt;div style="padding: 0em; margin: 0.5em 0em;"&gt;             Update         &lt;/div&gt;     </description><title>Update</title></item><item><pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 18:44:10 +0000</pubDate><guid>http://cia.vc/stats/project/SimFactory/.message/a0a72</guid><link>http://cia.vc/stats/project/SimFactory/.message/a0a72</link><description>         &lt;div style="border: 1px solid #888; background-color: #DDD; padding: 0.25em 0.5em; margin: 0em;"&gt;              Commit by &lt;strong&gt;eschnett&lt;/strong&gt;                          &lt;span style="color: #888;"&gt; :: &lt;/span&gt;                          r&lt;b&gt;1344&lt;/b&gt;             &lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;/branches/PYSIM_2010/mdb/ (5 files in 4 dirs):                      &lt;/div&gt;         &lt;div style="padding: 0em; margin: 0.5em 0em;"&gt;             New configuration and update         &lt;/div&gt;     </description><title>New configuration and update</title></item><item><pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 17:08:11 +0000</pubDate><guid>http://cia.vc/stats/project/SimFactory/.message/a07d1</guid><link>http://cia.vc/stats/project/SimFactory/.message/a07d1</link><description>         &lt;div style="border: 1px solid #888; background-color: #DDD; padding: 0.25em 0.5em; margin: 0em;"&gt;              Commit by &lt;strong&gt;eschnett&lt;/strong&gt;                          &lt;span style="color: #888;"&gt; :: &lt;/span&gt;                          r&lt;b&gt;1343&lt;/b&gt;             &lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;/branches/PYSIM_2010/mdb/ (4 files in 2 dirs):                      &lt;/div&gt;         &lt;div style="padding: 0em; margin: 0.5em 0em;"&gt;             Update         &lt;/div&gt;     </description><title>Update</title></item><item><pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 17:07:54 +0000</pubDate><guid>http://cia.vc/stats/project/SimFactory/.message/a06be</guid><link>http://cia.vc/stats/project/SimFactory/.message/a06be</link><description>         &lt;div style="border: 1px solid #888; background-color: #DDD; padding: 0.25em 0.5em; margin: 0em;"&gt;              Commit by &lt;strong&gt;eschnett&lt;/strong&gt;                          &lt;span style="color: #888;"&gt; :: &lt;/span&gt;                          r&lt;b&gt;1342&lt;/b&gt;             &lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;/branches/PYSIM_2010/lib/simrestart.py:                      &lt;/div&gt;         &lt;div style="padding: 0em; margin: 0.5em 0em;"&gt;             Allow job chaining via the MDB qsub command in addition to via the&lt;br /&gt;submission script.         &lt;/div&gt;     </description><title>Allow job chaining via the MDB qsub command in addition to via the submission...</title></item><item><pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 17:07:11 +0000</pubDate><guid>http://cia.vc/stats/project/SimFactory/.message/a05f7</guid><link>http://cia.vc/stats/project/SimFactory/.message/a05f7</link><description>         &lt;div style="border: 1px solid #888; background-color: #DDD; padding: 0.25em 0.5em; margin: 0em;"&gt;              Commit by &lt;strong&gt;eschnett&lt;/strong&gt;                          &lt;span style="color: #888;"&gt; :: &lt;/span&gt;                          r&lt;b&gt;1341&lt;/b&gt;             &lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;/branches/PYSIM_2010/etc/ssh_known_hosts:                      &lt;/div&gt;         &lt;div style="padding: 0em; margin: 0.5em 0em;"&gt;             Update         &lt;/div&gt;     </description><title>Update</title></item><item><pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 17:06:19 +0000</pubDate><guid>http://cia.vc/stats/project/SimFactory/.message/a035b</guid><link>http://cia.vc/stats/project/SimFactory/.message/a035b</link><description>         &lt;div style="border: 1px solid #888; background-color: #DDD; padding: 0.25em 0.5em; margin: 0em;"&gt;              Commit by &lt;strong&gt;eschnett&lt;/strong&gt;                          &lt;span style="color: #888;"&gt; :: &lt;/span&gt;                          r&lt;b&gt;1340&lt;/b&gt;             &lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;/branches/PYSIM_2010/mdb/ (4 files in 4 dirs):                      &lt;/div&gt;         &lt;div style="padding: 0em; margin: 0.5em 0em;"&gt;             New configuration         &lt;/div&gt;     </description><title>New configuration</title></item><item><pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 17:04:20 +0000</pubDate><guid>http://cia.vc/stats/project/SimFactory/.message/a0286</guid><link>http://cia.vc/stats/project/SimFactory/.message/a0286</link><description>         &lt;div style="border: 1px solid #888; background-color: #DDD; padding: 0.25em 0.5em; margin: 0em;"&gt;              Commit by &lt;strong&gt;eschnett&lt;/strong&gt;                          &lt;span style="color: #888;"&gt; :: &lt;/span&gt;                          r&lt;b&gt;1339&lt;/b&gt;             &lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;/branches/PYSIM_2010/mdb/runscripts/hopper2.run:                      &lt;/div&gt;         &lt;div style="padding: 0em; margin: 0.5em 0em;"&gt;             Update         &lt;/div&gt;     </description><title>Update</title></item><item><pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 17:04:03 +0000</pubDate><guid>http://cia.vc/stats/project/SimFactory/.message/9febb</guid><link>http://cia.vc/stats/project/SimFactory/.message/9febb</link><description>         &lt;div style="border: 1px solid #888; background-color: #DDD; padding: 0.25em 0.5em; margin: 0em;"&gt;              Commit by &lt;strong&gt;eschnett&lt;/strong&gt;                          &lt;span style="color: #888;"&gt; :: &lt;/span&gt;                          r&lt;b&gt;1338&lt;/b&gt;             &lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;/branches/PYSIM_2010/mdb/optionlists/ (6 files):                      &lt;/div&gt;         &lt;div style="padding: 0em; margin: 0.5em 0em;"&gt;             Update         &lt;/div&gt;     </description><title>Update</title></item><item><pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 17:02:36 +0000</pubDate><guid>http://cia.vc/stats/project/SimFactory/.message/9f7ce</guid><link>http://cia.vc/stats/project/SimFactory/.message/9f7ce</link><description>         &lt;div style="border: 1px solid #888; background-color: #DDD; padding: 0.25em 0.5em; margin: 0em;"&gt;              Commit by &lt;strong&gt;eschnett&lt;/strong&gt;                          &lt;span style="color: #888;"&gt; :: &lt;/span&gt;                          r&lt;b&gt;1337&lt;/b&gt;             &lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;/branches/PYSIM_2010/mdb/machines/ (12 files):                      &lt;/div&gt;         &lt;div style="padding: 0em; margin: 0.5em 0em;"&gt;             Update         &lt;/div&gt;     </description><title>Update</title></item></channel></rss>
