On Wed, 29 Mar 2000, Brian K wrote:
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> Then there are the Tru64 Alphas. Don't even get me started on how
> pathetic AdvFS is compared to XFS (I can't wait to toast the Alphas
> with XFS on IA32 ;-)
XFS on IA32 is coming ...
>
> Getting PCP up and running on our Tru64 Alphas really greases the
> skids for using PCP on a broader scale.
>
> I've begun porting the code. So far things are going pretty well.
> With not too much effort I have pmcd up and talking.
OK good. Now you're going to have to write the Tru64 platform PMDA,
(to support at least the metrics you're interested in). There is plenty
of documentation available (see the Performance Co-Pilot Programmers Guide,
available on-line from SGI's techpubs (http://techpubs.sgi.com) and
plentry of example src (see the "trivial" PMDA for example).
>
> I also have some Sun and HP boxes to deal with, so I expect to be
> playing there soon.
Same again. Getting the libraries ported and pmcd going is the easy bit.
There was once an HP platform PMDA, but it was never finished and
never escaped.
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> Is anyone else working on PCP ports?
Open source pcp has been ported to other linux platforms (linux-alpha
and linux-ppc), but so far as I know, no other non-linux platforms.
We could do it for IRIX but there's little point since the IRIX PCP
is still available, supported and shipped as part of IRIX. Also, the open
source PCP fully interoperates with IRIX PCP.
>
> There was some talk a while back about the viz tools being available
> as part of ACE. I need to follow-up with my SGI contacts about that.
The "pcp-pro" product (aka viz tools) is included as part of ACE
(Advanced Cluster Environment) and ISE (Internet Server Environment)
products currently available from SGI.
> Has anyone confirmed whether they are available separately?
>
They are not available separately and there are no plans to do so either.
IMHO you should be able to purchase pcp-pro by itself, but SGI marketing
disagree, so you'll have to purchase ACE or ISE. I don't know (but should)
if you can just purchase the ACE/ISE CDs, or whether you have to actually
purchase SGI hardware too: both ACE and ISE are hardware products with
software bundles. PCP's role, from the marketing perspective, is to
provide "value-add".
> I wouldn't mind supporting the efforts of the PCP team by purchasing
> the viz tools.
>
Thanks!
-- Mark Goodwin
SGI Engineering
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