CISL Daily Bulletin

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February 7-8: UCAR/NCAR hosting GlobusWorld Tour

January 25, 2023

UCAR Enterprise IT, NCAR Research IT, and CISL are co-sponsoring a Globus workshop consisting of two half-day events on Tuesday, February 7, and Wednesday, February 8. The workshop is open to UCAR/NCAR staff and outside attendees who have data transfer, data sharing, or data management needs, including researchers, software engineers, data engineers, and others. Participants can attend remotel...

New, improved web presence for RDA

January 24, 2023

NCAR’s Research Data Archive (RDA) has a newly redesigned website. The new site provides a modern, simplified, improved experience for users. “We’ve made it more accessible and mobile-friendly so people can browse and use most of the features from a mobile phone or tablet as well as their computers,” said Doug Schuster, manager of the CISL Data Engineering and Curation Section. “We’d like to en...

Upcoming tutorial: Using Dask on HPC Systems

January 24, 2023

A half-day tutorial from 1 to 5 p.m. MST on Monday, February 6, will focus on the effective use of Dask on high-performance computing systems like Derecho and Casper. Presented by the CISL Consulting Services Group and the NCAR Earth System Data Science Initiative, the tutorial will start with a session for novice Dask users and continue with topics focused on intermediate use and associated be...

Deadline March 13 for university allocation requests

January 20, 2023 Updated: January 23, 2023

CISL is now accepting allocation requests from university-based researchers for the new Derecho system as well as the Casper data analysis and visualization cluster. Those requests are due March 13. Researchers can also request Cheyenne allocations in order to complete their work on that system before it is decommissioned in December 2023. At the CISL HPC Allocations Panel (CHAP) spring 2023 me...

HPC systems returned to service

January 20, 2023

CISL’s HPC system maintenance was completed ahead of schedule on Thursday. All general user resources have been restored to service, including Cheyenne, Casper, Campaign Storage, GLADE, Globus, Quasar, Stratus, and JupyterHub. The planned downtime allowed CISL staff to perform network reconfiguration to support the new Derecho supercomputer and to complete critical maintenance on Cheyenne’s coo...

HPC system maintenance nearing completion

January 19, 2023

CISL's HPC system maintenance continues as planned today, and several resources have already been restored to service. These are now available to users: Casper, Campaign Storage, GLADE, Globus, Quasar, Stratus, and JupyterHub (Casper components). Cheyenne is expected to be available by noon MST today. If you have any issues with services that have already become available, please submit a help ...