CISL Daily Bulletin

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No system downtimes for week of November 6 - 10

November 3, 2023

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

NCAR HPC users invited to November 7th user group meeting

November 3, 2023

All NCAR HPC users are invited to the NCAR HPC User Group (NHUG) monthly meeting from 9 to 10 a.m. MDT on Tuesday, November 7, 2023. In this meeting, we will share outage updates and upcoming opportunities. Additionally, we will have short presentations on the following topics: • Casper OS Updates • Glade2 Transition - Past and Future • NCAR JupyterHub Updates • Cron Workflows To contribute ...

NCAR RDA Data Moved to New Directory in Campaign Storage

October 31, 2023

The datasets from the NCAR Research Data Archive (RDA) have been relocated to a new directory in Campaign Storage ahead of the planned retirement of the older GLADE file system. RDA data is now available from /glade/campaign/collections/rda/data, for those who access it directly from the NCAR HPC systems. See the instructions on the CISL website for more details on finding RDA data in Campaign...

No system downtimes for week of October 30 - November 3

October 27, 2023

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

HPC Systems Maintenance Update

October 27, 2023

HPC systems maintenance activities continue. Cheyenne and GLADE were returned to service Tuesday evening and continue to perform well. Maintenance is ongoing for Derecho, Casper, and JupyterHub. Casper operating system updates are largely complete, with CISL engineers finalizing evaluation of all Casper services. JupyterHub remains under maintenance along with Casper, and we currently plan ...

AWSIG discussion: Dask user experiences and training needs

October 27, 2023

ASWIG (Analysis Workflow Special Interest Group) will host a lightly-moderated discussion about the challenges of using Dask in workflows on Monday, October 30th, from 2-3pm. We invite those who have integrated Dask into their projects to share strategies, approaches, and insights from their experiences. For users who faced challenges in adopting Dask, we'd like to hear about the specific chall...