News for 21 Feb 2006

1) Revamped ROC web page: http://www.uscms.org/LPC/lpc_roc/

* Links are categorized by presumed interest for ROC users: ROC, LPC, CMS, MTCC, LHC, CERN, Fermilab
* Mainly a portal, or bookmark page, for frequently accessed information
* Let Alan know if you want something added

2) New web pages by Patrick (linked from ROC)

* Inventory of Linux PC's at the LPC
http://www.uscms.org/SoftwareComputing/UserComputing/lpcdt/LPC-Inventory.html
* CMS ROC Computing Infrastructure
http://www.uscms.org/LPC/lpc_roc/CMSROC-ComputingInfrastructure.html
* Consoles have not been assigned to people and/or activities yet.

3) Added New User Instructions: http://www.uscms.org/LPC/lpc_roc/new_users.html

* Gathered scattered links from LPC, CMS, CERN and Fermilab.
* ID, registration, computing accounts, printer services, etc.
* Let me know if you want something added

4) This week, Kaori and Alan will review the ROC tasklist from Dec 2005:
http://uscms.org/LPC/lpc_roc/roc_tasklist_andris_revised.txt

* Remove tasks that are completed, or deprecated
* Reprioritize tasks based on required effort, available manpower and immediate needs 
* Ideally, leave no task unassigned
* Set milestones for March, April and MTCC zero day (in May?)
* Circulate for next week...

5) ROC temperature control

* Someone the week before last (~Feb 9) raised the ROC thermostat to 85 F.  We realized
the room was uncomfortably warm, but did not check the thermostat until Monday morning
(Feb 13).  No harm was done, this time, since most of the computers are in hybernation
mode, and the population density is still small.

* We asked the HVAC manager (Randy Sales) for guidance.  We have decided to replace the
thermostat with a unit that does not have any adjustments.  We have asked for a setpoint
of 70 F which will be controlled automatically by software.  If we need to make adjustments,
up or down, we just give him a call.  The lowest available setpoint is 68 for our part of
Wilson Hall.

* Sidenote:  The HVAC in Wilson Hall does not run 24/7.  To conserve energy, the system is 
turned off about 6-8 hours over night.  This coming summer, we should pay attention
to the temperature in the ROC just to be on the safe side.  The ROC was not completed 
and equipped last summer, so we do not have direct experience with how the temperature
will fluctuate inside.  Still, we do not anticipate any problems with the power output from 
the existing set of computers in the ROC.