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| 1 | +# WATcloud Quest Book - Summer 2025 |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +## Term Objectives Summary |
| 4 | + |
| 5 | +These are WATcloud's objectives for the Summer 2025 term. |
| 6 | + |
| 7 | +1. Hardware additions: nebula machines and wato-drive3 |
| 8 | +2. Handle outages, optimizing for zero downtime |
| 9 | +3. Transition to login node architecture |
| 10 | +4. Write blog posts! |
| 11 | +5. Get more funding! |
| 12 | + |
| 13 | +### Term Objectives and Scoring |
| 14 | +1. **Hardware additions: nebula machines and wato-drive3** |
| 15 | + |
| 16 | +| Score | Criteria | |
| 17 | +|-------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| |
| 18 | +| 20/20 | All 3 machines are in the cluster along with a new wato-drive | |
| 19 | +| 10/20 | All 3 machines is in the cluster | |
| 20 | +| 0/10 | No progress. | |
| 21 | + |
| 22 | +2. **Handle outages, optimizing for zero downtime** |
| 23 | + |
| 24 | +| Score | Criteria | |
| 25 | +|-------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| |
| 26 | +| 20/20 | All outages are handled with zero downtime for critical services (try UPS for critical machines) | |
| 27 | +| 10/20 | All outages are handled with < 12 hours downtime for critical services | |
| 28 | +| 5/20 | All outages are announced before hand | |
| 29 | + |
| 30 | + |
| 31 | +3. **Transition to login node architecture** |
| 32 | + |
| 33 | +| Score | Criteria | |
| 34 | +|-------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| |
| 35 | +| 10/10 | Completely moved away from VM architecture and all resources are Slurm | |
| 36 | +| 5/10 | Login nodes work but VMs are still available for users | |
| 37 | +| 0/10 | No progress. | |
| 38 | + |
| 39 | +4. **Write blog posts!** |
| 40 | + |
| 41 | +| Score | Criteria | |
| 42 | +|-------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| |
| 43 | +| 20/20 | 2 blog posts are written and published | |
| 44 | +| 10/20 | 1 blog post is written and published | |
| 45 | +| 0/20 | No progress. | |
| 46 | + |
| 47 | +5. **Get more funding!** |
| 48 | + |
| 49 | +| Score | Criteria | |
| 50 | +|-------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| |
| 51 | +| 10/10 | $5k + | |
| 52 | +| 5/10 | $3k + | |
| 53 | +| 0/10 | No progress. | |
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