CISL Daily Bulletin


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New data analysis allocation opportunity for universities
August 2, 2022

University researchers have a new opportunity to use NCAR’s data analysis and storage resources for their work in Earth system science with this week’s introduction of Data Analysis allocations. These new allocations are available to researchers from any eligible institution regardless of the source of funding for the planned analysis, as long as they identify one or more NCAR-curated data sets...

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No system downtimes for week of August 1 - 5
August 1, 2022

None planned for Cheyenne, Casper, GLADE, Campaign Storage, Quasar, Stratus, or JupyterHub.

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HPC systems maintenance downtime October 17-20
July 28, 2022

NCAR’s HPC resources will be unavailable to users October 17-20 while CISL staff perform preventive maintenance and security updates. The work includes a number of HPC system security patches in addition to regularly scheduled maintenance on Cheyenne’s cooling infrastructure. Progress will be communicated through Notifier emails during the week. Security updates are planned for Cheyenne and Cas...

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All Cheyenne and Casper users invited to August 2 NHUG meeting
July 28, 2022

All users of the Cheyenne and Casper systems are invited to the NCAR HPC User Group (NHUG) monthly meeting from 9 to 10 a.m. MDT on Tuesday, August 2.  To contribute to the agenda or submit questions for the meeting, please visit Slido, where you can also upvote topics and questions submitted by your peers. NHUG meetings are structured to encourage you to ask questions and voice concerns and to...

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VAPOR tutorial scheduled for August 23
July 25, 2022

CISL is hosting a 90-minute virtual tutorial at 10 a.m. Tuesday, August 23, for the upcoming VAPOR 3.7 release. The recommended VAPOR workflow will be reviewed, along with principles for visualizing 3D simulation data. Topics to be covered also include: • How to import data into VAPOR • Creating 3D animations  • How to use the new Python API, which allows for scripted visualizations that can r...

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No system downtimes for week of July 25-29
July 25, 2022

None planned for Cheyenne, Casper, GLADE, Campaign Storage, Quasar, Stratus, or JupyterHub.

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