SummitPLUS allocation

[markcoletti]

We may need a SummitPLUS allocation to run tests for determinism on a different h/w platform.

[markcoletti]

@gitrepoidoscar , @elwasif , and @asedova , the deadline for asking for a SummitPLUS allocation is the 30th, presuming we want one.

[asedova]

Do we want one? I don't anticipate us needing 100K node hours for this project, but you never know. I just wrote one for Slava and am about to write another one and they are not that easy, there are quite a few sections.

If we were to request ~80K node hours, what would we do with them? Only the data generation for DeePMD really uses a lot of compute (and any iterative active learning).

But maybe better safe than sorry.

[markcoletti]

But maybe better safe than sorry.

That's what I was thinking. Worse case, if we decide not to do this, I'm probably going to get a SummitPLUS allocation for a different project, and we can use some of the time from that. Regardless, as you stated, it can't hurt to have our own!

[asedova]

Problem is, we need that extensive justification for leadership time, which I don't know if we have.

[markcoletti]

I sat next to Ashley Barker last week at the OLCF Users Meeting, and she encouraged me to pass on to others to put in requests. I got the impression they were going to green light what they get and let it be a battle royal, or something. In any case, can't hurt to try. Worse they can do is bounce it, in which case we have alternatives.

[asedova]

We had decided to use the one that related to Oscar's EXPRESS project and allow some MINNERVVA work on there. Oscar's EXPRESS application was rejected. So I guess we need to work on getting a DD on Frontier instead.