Report for March 2022
- Report Date
- March 2022
Achievements in Last Period
- Implementation dates for Eleanor/Eddie nodes moved from May/June to July/August due to higher priority work for RSS team
- Project plan and timeline revised
- A clearer picture is now evolving on orders and delivery status, but some work is still required to finalise some delivery dates
- Finalise matching PO/Dell orders
- Confirm what orders are at Syncreon or still to be shipped by Dell
- Eddie/Eleanor nodes (14 x C6400 chassis) have been delivered to OCF
- Initial planning session held with OCF on 31/03/2022 for Eddie/Eleanor compute nodes
- DataStore upgrades (2 x 2 x ME4084, 15 x R640) onsite are on site at JCMB
- Eddie storage servers (4 x R640) to be shipped directly to ACF
- TSM storage arrays will be shipped direct to ACF
- Lenovo and Dell storage to be shipped direct to ACF– awaiting delivery status
- Orders for TSM servers and DR flash arrays still to be placed
- PO to be raised for TSM servers
- Awaiting another revised quote for 2 x flash array quote
- Finance have been informed of risk to GRNs but it is likely that all kit will be onsite before end-July
- ACF planned power outage will not impact installation or upgrade dates
- Racking and power requirements within limits confirmed at JCMB/AT data centres
Risks/Issues
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Information on Dell order status from Esteem not complete (-)
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Key orders now shipped to JCMB and OCF (+)
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Replacement needed for servers and storage approaching EoL (plus need for additional processing capacity) (-/+)
- Tentative schedule for all installations agreed; EoS dates to be checked (+)
- RSS resource capacity is at risk as project (P1) will run in parallel with RSS401 GPU Refresh (P2) and RSS405 Tape Library (P1) (-)
- Revised planning has identified dates that avoid other critical work
- Eddie/Eleanor upgrade dates rescheduled to July/August, a 2-month slippage (-)
- Current allocated budget is £2.258M and all equipment must be received by June 2022 (-)
- Low risk that deliveries will not meet GRN deadline (+)
- £7K project overspend approved (+)
- Exceed DCs’ power budget - review server/storage ratings against limit (-)
- Confirmed within limits at JCMB/AT (+)
- Estimated as a reduction in ACF (+)
- Delivery and installation must be carefully coordinated with ACF (RFCs) and ISG (GoCAB) (+/-)
- Planning ongoing with both data centre managers (+)
- Delivery must be coordinated with appointed installation teams (+/-)
- Initial meeting held with OCF on 31/03/2022 to agree delivery dates for Eddie/Eleanor nodes (+)
- OCF, StackHPC and IBM resources may not be available for installation and configuration dates (-)
- Planning in progress with OCF for Eddie/Eleanor nodes (+)
- Storage areas at ACF and JCMB need to be agreed and storage time minimised (-)
- JCMB storage capacity space available; holding DataStore kit at present (+)
- ACF storage currently holding Tape Library kit; due for installation week 25/04/2022 (-)
- No space in racks at ACF for additional kit; swaps out/in will mean reduced service during upgrades (-)
- Awaiting power densities information from ACF to allow additional space in racks; cooling dependent; considered low risk (+)
- COVID restrictions at ACF and JCMB/AT may restrict access and so impact dates (-)
- Awaiting update on ACF/JCMB/AT regulations (-)
- UCU industrial action may impact project progress (-)
- Limited impact to date; another vote on further action imminent (-)
- Potential manufacturer price increases could reduce scope of purchasing (-)
- No increases noted on orders placed; monitor quotes for remaining orders (+)
- Place all final orders, where possible, by 15/04/2022 (+)
Next Steps
- Clarify status of remaining critical orders with Esteem/Dell/IBM - TSM storage arrays, Eddie Lenovo/Dell storage
- TSM array installation planned week 04/04/2022; at risk
- Installation (only) of DataStore upgrades planned for week 11/04/2022 and confirmed with JCMB/AT data centre manager
- Planned installation dates for Eddie Dell/Lenovo storage at ACF week 02/05/2022
- Arrange meeting with IBM to plan Lenovo storage installation when delivery date is known
- Installation planning for Eddie and Eleanor upgrades in progress with ACF data centre manager; next meeting 29/04/2022
- Eddie/Eleanor nodes to be shipped from OCF to ACF after configuration/burn-in
- Awaiting another revised quote for DR flash arrays received; then raise PO
- Quote received for TSM servers; raise; TSM licences to come from revenue budget
- Check power requirements for upgrades at ACF; review with data centre manager (AT)
- Estimated as a reduction in ACF, confirm when RFC is raised (AT)
- Update revised plan with detailed RSS resourcing requirements
Milestones
Date | Milestone | Phase | Complete |
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26/11/2021 | Project brief and project plan drafted | Plan | Yes |
10/12/2021 | Project brief and plan reviewed and approved | Plan | Yes |
10/12/2021 | End of planning | Plan | Yes |
17/12/2021 | Requirements and priorities completed | Analyse | Yes |
24/12/2021 | Time critical orders raised | Procure | Yes |
28/03/2022 | Eddie/Eleanor nodes delivered to OCF for configuration/burn-in | Build | Yes |
31/03/2022 | JCMB/AT Data Centre planning complete | Design | Yes |
11/04/2022 | DataStore servers/storage installed at JCMB/AT | Build | No |
29/04/2022 | ACF Data Centre planning complete | Design | No |
05/05/2022 | Eddie Lenovo/Dell storage installed at ACF | Build | No |
24/06/2022 | DataStore upgrades configured and commissioned at JCMB/AT | Integrate | No |
08/07/2022 | DR upgrades installed at AT | Build | No |
18/07/2022 | Eleanor upgrades installed and commissioned at ACF | Integrate | No |
22/07/2022 | Eddie upgrades installed and commissioned at ACF | Integrate | No |
05/08/2022 | TSM servers upgraded at ACF | Integrate | No |
26/08/2022 | Other DataStore upgrades completed |
Deliver |
No |
02/09/2022 | All ECDF service documents updated | Deliver | No |
30/09/2022 | Project closed | Close | No |
- Approved budget
- 80.0 days
- Activity this month
- 7.0 days
- Activity this year
- 35.0 days
- Activity to date
- 35.0 days
- Estimate to complete current year
- 25.0 days
- Estimate to complete future years
- 20.0 days