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ACCESS HPC Workshop: GPU Programming Using OpenACC

June 22, 2023

The NCAR Mesa Lab will be a satellite site for an in-person day workshop, “GPU Programming Using OpenACC,” hosted by the ACCESS program and Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, June 29, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. MT. This workshop targets those looking to port their software or develop portable software for GPU-accelerated hardware while also allowing for live in-person mentorship and network building. For ...

No system downtimes for week of June 19 - 23

June 16, 2023

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

Slowed Support Ticket Resolution Likely this Week

June 12, 2023

CISL staff are participating in an onsite “Collaborate and Connect” week at the Mesa Lab and NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center this week. We will still support Help Desk and Consulting activities, but likely with slowed response times, as we prioritize collaboration with our colleagues.

No system downtimes for week of June 12 -16

June 9, 2023

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

Degraded Cheyenne network performance requiring near-term maintenance

June 5, 2023

The Cheyenne Infiniband high-speed network has suffered two failed switches as a result of cooling system problems that will require a system outage in order for the vendor to repair and replace. The dates for this outage are currently being planned. We expect the outage will require 3-5 days effort and will occur no earlier than 3 weeks from now. If users have any flexibility to defer runnin...

Derecho weekly update

June 5, 2023

Derecho’s Acceptance Test Phase (ATP) continued last week and the project reached a milestone when Accelerated Scientific Discovery (ASD) users were given access to the system on June 1 to begin building and running their models. While the vast majority of the benchmark results meet or exceed expectations, and the cumulative performance is meeting the required 3.5 CSEP metric, CISL continues to...