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[SBGrid] Software Update - CCP4 6.0 and HKL2000

Published February 28 2006

The following new installs, updates and fixes will be pushed this Friday March 1, 2006 to all member machines:

AFFECTED APPLICATIONS:

1) CCP4 6.0 - Linux, OS X
UPDATE TYPE: UPDATE
NOTES: CCP4 6.0 will be available on member systems. The default value for CCP4 will remain 5.0.2 to give users time to report any problems with the new version. CCP4 6.0 will become the default on (or after) April 3, 2006.
USER ACTION REQUIRED: To use the new version of CCP4 immediately please edit (or create) a .versions file in your home directory adding the line (do not include comments in parentheses):

setenv CCP4_L 6.0.0 (linux)
setenv CCP4_M 6.0.0 (mac)

2) HKL2000 692i - Linux, OS X
UPDATE TYPE: UPDATE
NOTES: HKL2000 has been updated to …

[SBGrid] Software Update

Published February 14 2006

We will be performing a software update starting at approximately 5 pm Friday, Feb 17, 2006. As a reminder, should you encounter problems with the software distribution (or environment setup) the best way to get assistance is to use the online bug reporter at: http://www.sbgrid.org/bugs . The online reporter will prompt you for all necessary information required to begin troubleshooting your particular problem.

We would like to welcome the following labs as our new members:

***Washington Universtiy Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics: Tom Ellenberger Dept of Pathology and Immunology: Daved Fremont

***University of Washington Dept of Biochemistry Tamir Gonen:

***St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and HHMI Departments of Structural Biology and Genetics and Tumor Cell Biology Brenda Schulman

***The Center for Hemostasis and Thrombosis …

Apple Computer Publishes a Profile of SBGrid

Published September 23 2005

"Now scientists in more than 38 laboratories, including x-ray crystallography, NMR, and electron microscopy labs, can use their own desktop or laptop computers to conduct computational research at their desks, on the Xserve G5 cluster, or on the road. What's more, the benchmark results indicate performance increases of anywhere from three to ten times over other benchmarked computing resources."

Read the full story on Apple's web site!

Case Study: SBGrid XServe G5 Integration

Published August 9 2005

We worked with the Gaudet and Jeruzalmi labs at Harvard University over the past few weeks to develop an SBGrid-compatible setup by centrally-utilizing their newly acquired 4-node (8-CPU) XServe G5 cluster. The solution we've provided these affiliated labs is indicative of the level of support and commitment our affiliates have come to expect as members of SBGrid.

Initial Setup

When we were contracted in July for administrative services by the Gaudet and Jeruzalmi labs, their computer systems were part of an ad-hoc network, with individual Red Hat Linux computers hosting their own local user accounts. There was no data redundancy or effective file sharing. Our first task was to centralize the accounts and home directories by creating a master NIS/NFS server on one of their …

Scientific Computing Focus Series: <br>Scientific Computing in Structural Biology

Published June 10 2005

     <div class="subheader13"><a href="http://sbgrid.org/downloads/seminar062205.pdf" target="_blank"><img style="border-width: 0px; float: left;" src="http://sbgrid.org/seminar_tn.gif" /></a>June 22nd, 3PM-5PM, Canon Room at Harvard Medical School.<br /> Food & Drink served at 2:45</div><div> </div> <div>Brought to you by SBGrid & the Center for Molecular and Cellular Dynamics at HMS. <br /> A Scientific Computing Focus Series event.</div> <p><a href="http://sbgrid.org:4443/downloads/seminar062205.pdf" target="_blank">View announcement (PDF format)</a></p> <p><a target="_self" href="http://sbgrid.org:4443/register">Register By Clicking Here</a> </p>