Initial quote from Colfax for file server, head node, CPU+GPU nodes May 27, 2015 
Initial quote from Colfax for Infiniband components August 2, 2015 
Final quotes from Colfax for GPU compute nodes August 13, 2015 
Purchase order for GPU compute nodes placed with vendor August 26, 2015 
Final quotes from Colfax for rest of cluster October 12, 2015 
GPU compute nodes assembly complete, testing begins October 14, 2015 
Purchase order for rest of cluster placed with vendors October 15, 2015 
(Note: CPU compute node PO got stuck in tax accounting and bidding process was opened) GPU compute nodes assembly complete, testing ends November 13, 2015 
(Note: We were a bit lax on the testing, it could have been done faster.) 
GPU compute nodes are packaged December 14, 2015 
Bidding closed for CPU compute nodes December 14, 2015 
(Note: TrippLite discontinued the PDUs and new ones had to be ordered; this took some prodding from the PI.) 
GPU compute nodes are delivered December 17, 2015 
GPU compute nodes are physically installed December 22, 2015 
Peloton is up; first login to GPU compute nodes January 29, 2016 
(Note: Communications Resources were slow to install the network connection, which required several phone calls to fix up.) CPU compute nodes are up March 11, 2016