On 08:23PM Wed 01/28/15 +0000, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > So you end up with very knowledgeable users and programmers having to build > their own compilers and toolchains in the teeth of sysadmins who don't want > anyone to mess up their "supported systems as required by the service level > agreements" -- a recipe for hurt feelings all around
So much this. The dynamic tends to pit researcher against sysadmin, when in reality they have the same objective, to fulfill the mission and produce results. I prefer to not be the iron-hand of the sysadmin, but instead the solution to system problems. In 99% of my experience, asking users to support more of the stack is not an option. It really is about setting expectations, being a friendly enabler, and making things work in a way that is maintainable and will not fail them in the inevitable crunch before a deadline. Cheers. -- Gavin W. Burris Senior Project Leader for Research Computing The Wharton School University of Pennsylvania _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, [email protected] sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
