PublicTerminalCluster

The H5 Public Terminal Cluster!

Goals for this year:

• Put less effort into the cluster than we did into h2k2.

• Have a more visible presence.

• Be hella cool.

In support of the first goal:

• Seat count of 30 in the main cluster plus a few extra.

• Stick with one platform type

In support of the second:

• Have the cluster be on 18. Specifically, in Madison. (but this isn't 24/7 this year so "pods" are crucial)

• 6/1: We lost Madison! Main clusters will be on 1 & 2, and whatever we can fit on 18

• Have a few small pods spread around the conference (in addition to the main room)

And in support of the third:

• Have it be a functional but non-standard OS, like VMS or plan9

We might be doing the VMS by running SIMH under Linux. This is because getting VAX/Alpha hardware is proving to be difficult and/or expensive.

Subsections

• ClusterTimeline -- What needs to happen when to make this happen

• ClusterStatus -- What's been done and what needs done

• HardwareStatus -- What we have and what we need and who said they'd get us what

• ClusterProblemsAndSolutions -- Problems that have come up and our currently proposed solutions

• ClusterVolunteers -- People who've volunteered specifically for the cluster

• ClusterNodeSetupProcedure -- So we don't forget an important step

• ClusterServerSetup -- Software and hardening to do on the unix servers

• ClusterToDo -- Other todo items that don't fit in the ClusterStatus and HardwareStatus pages

IRC! (everybody loves irc)

Check out channel #ptc on server dart.cyberport.net. MikeHolling idles there and will see anything you type eventually. He's also a total nerd and spends most of his time online so there's a good chance he'll actually be around.

Nostalgia

• H2K Cluster Home Page -- Bits of useful clues and pre-con prep pics

• H2K Cluster -- The H2K all-text cluster in full swing

• H2k2ClusterPics -- Some pics from the H2K2 cluster