CISL Daily Bulletin


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No system downtimes for week of August 14 - 18
August 14, 2023

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

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NCAR/CISL Introduces Derecho for all HPC Users
August 9, 2023

Dear HPC Users, We are excited to open Derecho, our new supercomputer at the NCAR's Computational & Information System Lab (CISL), to all users after a successful ASD project period. This milestone results from the hard work and dedication over multiple years of the NCAR project team. Derecho, the third supercomputer at the NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center, offers about 3.5 times the computa...

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Training opportunities for transitioning to Derecho
August 9, 2023

On August 9, the new Derecho supercomputer officially opened to NCAR’s broader HPC user community. While Cheyenne will remain in service through December 31, all current NCAR HPC users are encouraged to migrate their workflows from Cheyenne to Derecho now rather than later. (Note that Casper users will not be impacted by this transition). To support this transition, CISL's Consulting Services ...

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September 12 deadline for university allocation requests
August 7, 2023

CISL is now accepting allocation requests from university-based researchers for the new Derecho system and the Casper data analysis and visualization cluster. Those requests are due September 12. CISL accepts requests from university researchers for large-scale allocations every six months. At the fall 2023 CISL HPC Allocations Panel (CHAP) meeting, CISL will allocate up to 440 million core-ho...

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Transferring your Cheyenne Core-hours to Derecho
August 7, 2023

Projects with Cheyenne allocations can now make requests to transfer core-hours to the Derecho system via the ARC portal. The Derecho system will be opening to all users on August 9. To make a transfer request, log into ARC, and select Allocations from the navigation menu. Under “My Allocations,” find the project with the Cheyenne core-hours you want to transfer. Click on the “Actions” button ...

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No system downtimes for week of 7 - 11
August 7, 2023

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

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