Changes between Version 1 and Version 2 of MonsoonIntro


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    1515The MONSooN service is provided by the Met Office outside of the full Met Office firewall. The hardware for the service is identical to the Met Office hardware inside the firewall but is smaller in size and configured for more flexibility. The MONSooN service currently (January 2013) consists of: 
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    17     a 30 node IBM Power 6 575 system, that is 960 cores in total 
    18     60 Tbytes of fast storage, currently for /home and /project disk areas 
    19     100 Tbytes of slower storage, currently for /nerc longer term disk storage areas 
    20    a postprocessing (linux) system 
     17 * a 160 node IBM Power 7 system, that is 5120 cores in total 
     18 * 300 Tbytes of fast storage, currently for /home and /project disk areas 
     19 * 190 Tbytes of slower storage, currently for /nerc longer term disk storage areas 
     20 * a postprocessing (linux) system 
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     22Further information on the MONSooN Phase2 hardware can be found on the [http://collab.metoffice.gov.uk/twiki/bin/view/Support/MONSooNPhase2#Configuration Met Office Collaboration Twiki] 
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    2424The Unified Model (UM) will be available on MONSooN using the PUMA service for the UMUI and FCM servers. This means that 
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    26     all MONSooN users will need to register for a PUMA account. Instructions can be found here. 
    27     MONSooN users should set up ssh-agent on PUMA. Instructions can be found here. 
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     26 * all MONSooN users will need to register for a PUMA account. Instructions can be found here. 
     27 * MONSooN users should set up ssh-agent on PUMA. Instructions can be found here. 
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    3129At the start of the MONSooN service only UM versions 7.4 , 7.3 and 4.7 will be available on MONSooN via the PUMA UMUI. 
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    3431For help and support on the MONSooN service users should contact 
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    36    Rod Smyth, the MONSooN service manager for all questions about the service delivery (Rod.Smyth at metoffice.gov.uk) 
    37    Andy Parsons, the JCRP manager for all questions about current or potential collaborative project proposals (apar at nerc.ac.uk) 
    38    the NCAS CMS helpdesk for all questions about the PUMA service, the UMUI, FCM and the UM installations on MONSooN 
    39    Further information can also be found on the MONSooN Collaboration Twiki 
     33 * Rod Smyth, the MONSooN service manager for all questions about the service delivery (Rod.Smyth at metoffice.gov.uk) 
     34 * Andy Parsons, the JCRP manager for all questions about current or potential collaborative project proposals (apar at nerc.ac.uk) 
     35 * the NCAS CMS helpdesk for all questions about the PUMA service, the UMUI, FCM and the UM installations on MONSooN 
     36 * Further information can also be found on the MONSooN Collaboration Twiki 
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