CISL Daily Bulletin

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Less than 8 weeks until HPSS is decommissioned

August 10, 2021

Users are reminded that the HPSS tape archive will be decommissioned on October 1. This means file owners have less than 8 weeks left to access their files. Though time is growing short, you can still accomplish a fair amount of file-copying. At present, the system is not very busy and enough bandwidth is available to allow for quick turnaround. If you need guidance in getting started, you can ...

No downtime scheduled for August 9-13

August 6, 2021 Updated: August 9, 2021

No downtime scheduled for Cheyenne, Casper, GLADE, Campaign Storage, JupyterHub, or HPSS.

Deadline September 14 for university large-scale allocation requests

August 9, 2021

CISL is now accepting large-scale allocation requests from university-based researchers for Cheyenne resources and the Casper data analysis and visualization cluster. Those requests are due September 14. As recently announced, delivery of the new Derecho system has been delayed by four months because of the global chip shortage. As a result, the first large university allocation requests for De...

We’re getting a makeover!

August 6, 2021

You’ll see a lot of changes in the coming weeks as you visit CISL online. Here’s a quick look at what’s up: • The CISL website, which hosts news and information about our activities, is getting a brand-new look and feel. • Supercomputer user documentation will be moving to the Advanced Research Computing portal, joining the Daily Bulletin, system status reports, support links, and more. • Staff...

Derecho delivery delayed until January 2022

August 4, 2021

Due to the world-wide shortfall in semiconductor supplies, the delivery of Derecho to NCAR will be delayed by approximately four months. HPE’s new delivery date is now late January 2022. CISL is engaging HPE to extend Cheyenne’s maintenance agreement until December 2022 to ensure at least a six-month overlap between the Cheyenne and Derecho systems. In order to complete the selection process be...

NWSC maintenance and HPC systems work completed

August 2, 2021

The extended scheduled maintenance work at the NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center concluded late Friday when the Cheyenne system was returned to service. The Cheyenne login nodes were released to users earlier in the day, as were the Casper, GLADE, Campaign Storage, JupyterHub, HPSS, Quasar, and Stratus systems. Thank you for your patience during the week. CISL staff and contractors performed c...